Merge pull request 'v26.05.27.0: PostCard redesign + IR-style tag suffix + drop meta/rating + extension v1.0.4 CSP fix' (#28) from dev into main

The two prefix-parsing tests were pinned to `artist:Eric`, but `artist`
was removed from KNOWN_KINDS in commit 4cad07a (provenance is a separate
axis from tags). The parser now keeps `artist:` literal, so the assertion
`body["name"] == "Eric"` failed.

Repointed to `character:Saber` (still in KNOWN_KINDS). Also updated the
stale `artist:` docstring example in parse_kind_prefix to `fandom:`.

Caught by [[reference-grep-pinned-tests-in-plans]] — should have grep'd
tests/ for `artist:` when shrinking KNOWN_KINDS. Banking the miss.

.forgejo/workflows/build.yml

@@ -2,26 +2,232 @@ name: Build images
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [dev, main]
+    # `:dev` builds dropped 2026-05-26 — operator tests from `:latest` after
+    # merge-to-main, not from the dev branch image. Saves one full docker
+    # build per dev push.
+    branches: [main]
+    # Tag-push triggers an immutable per-version image build (e.g.
+    # `:v26.05.26.5`) — gives a real rollback story alongside the floating
+    # `:main` / `:latest`. Layer reuse keeps the registry-storage cost
+    # negligible per tag. Doesn't overlap with the push-to-main build (that
+    # one publishes `:main` + `:latest`; the tag-push build publishes only
+    # `:<tag>`).
+    tags: ['v*']
 
 # Requires repo secret RELEASE_TOKEN — a Forgejo PAT with scopes:
 #   - write:package, read:package  (for docker push to git.fabledsword.com)
-#   - write:release                (for future release-cutting workflows)
+#   - write:release                (for ext-<version> release asset cache)
 #   - write:issue                  (for future issue-management automation)
 # The injected GITHUB_TOKEN cannot be used — it lacks write:package.
 
 jobs:
-  build-web:
+  # Sign-or-fetch-from-cache: signs the extension via AMO if no ext-<version>
+  # Forgejo release exists yet, otherwise downloads the cached signed XPI.
+  # Result is uploaded as an Actions artifact for build-web to consume.
+  #
+  # Why this lives in build.yml (not a separate workflow): the merge-commit's
+  # docker image tagged `:latest` MUST carry the XPI. A separate sign workflow
+  # racing build.yml leaves `:latest` without the XPI for ~5min (until the
+  # commit-back triggers another build). Inline ordering eliminates the race.
+  # Cache strategy: Forgejo Release Assets — picked 2026-05-25 over Generic
+  # Packages (cleaner API surface) and commit-back-to-side-branch (no extra
+  # branch to manage). AMO blocks re-signing the same version (returns 409),
+  # so signing is intentionally one-shot per version bump.
+  sign-extension:
+    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
     runs-on: python-ci
     container:
       image: git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/ci-python:3.14
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+      - name: Resolve extension version
+        id: extver
+        run: |
+          VERSION=$(grep -E '"version"' extension/package.json | head -1 | sed -E 's/.*"version"[[:space:]]*:[[:space:]]*"([^"]+)".*/\1/')
+          echo "version=$VERSION" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "Resolved extension version: $VERSION"
+
+      - name: Check Forgejo release-asset cache
+        id: cache
+        env:
+          TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          set -eu
+          VERSION=${{ steps.extver.outputs.version }}
+          STATUS=$(curl -s -o release.json -w "%{http_code}" \
+            -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" \
+            "https://git.fabledsword.com/api/v1/repos/bvandeusen/FabledCurator/releases/tags/ext-$VERSION" || echo 000)
+          echo "Tag lookup HTTP status: $STATUS"
+          # JSON parsing via python (ci-python:3.14 has stdlib json; jq is
+          # not in the image and adding it per ci-requirements.md is not
+          # warranted for a single consumer — operator-flagged 2026-05-26
+          # after a sign job failed with `jq: not found`).
+          if [ "$STATUS" = "200" ]; then
+            ASSET_ID=$(python3 -c "import json; r=json.load(open('release.json')); xpis=[a for a in r.get('assets', []) if a.get('name','').endswith('.xpi')]; print(xpis[0]['id'] if xpis else '')")
+            if [ -n "$ASSET_ID" ]; then
+              echo "cached=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+              echo "asset_id=$ASSET_ID" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+              echo "Cached XPI exists at ext-$VERSION (asset id $ASSET_ID); skipping AMO sign"
+            else
+              echo "cached=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+              echo "Release ext-$VERSION exists but has no .xpi asset; will re-sign + re-upload"
+            fi
+          else
+            echo "cached=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            echo "No release named ext-$VERSION; will sign via AMO and upload"
+          fi
+
+      # No "download cached XPI in sign-extension" step: build-web
+      # fetches directly from the Forgejo ext-<version> release asset
+      # (removed 2026-05-26 alongside the actions/upload-artifact
+      # removal — sign-extension's job is just to ensure the cache
+      # exists on Forgejo; the build-web side reads it independently).
+
+      - name: Sign via AMO (cache miss)
+        if: steps.cache.outputs.cached != 'true'
+        run: |
+          cd extension && npm install --no-save --no-audit --no-fund && npm run sign
+        env:
+          WEB_EXT_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.MOZILLA_AMO_JWT_KEY }}
+          WEB_EXT_API_SECRET: ${{ secrets.MOZILLA_AMO_JWT_SECRET }}
+
+      - name: Upload signed XPI to ext-<version> release (cache miss)
+        if: steps.cache.outputs.cached != 'true'
+        env:
+          TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          set -eux
+          VERSION=${{ steps.extver.outputs.version }}
+          # AMO renames signed XPIs with its internal addon-id-safe-string;
+          # canonicalize to fabledcurator-<version>.xpi so the FC server's
+          # whitelist (backend/app/frontend.py expects 'fabledcurator-*.xpi')
+          # keeps working.
+          SIGNED=$(ls extension/web-ext-artifacts/*.xpi | head -1)
+          XPI="extension/web-ext-artifacts/fabledcurator-$VERSION.xpi"
+          cp "$SIGNED" "$XPI"
+          # Find-or-create the ext-<version> release. Track whether WE
+          # created it so an upload failure below can roll back (don't
+          # leave an empty release tombstone that the next run's
+          # cache-check mistakes for a partial-failure state).
+          STATUS=$(curl -s -o release.json -w "%{http_code}" \
+            -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" \
+            "https://git.fabledsword.com/api/v1/repos/bvandeusen/FabledCurator/releases/tags/ext-$VERSION" || echo 000)
+          if [ "$STATUS" = "200" ]; then
+            CREATED_BY_US=false
+          else
+            curl -s -X POST -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+              -d "{\"tag_name\":\"ext-$VERSION\",\"name\":\"Extension $VERSION (signed XPI cache)\",\"body\":\"Internal cache for the signed XPI consumed by build.yml's build-web job. Not a user-facing FC release.\",\"target_commitish\":\"main\"}" \
+              -o release.json \
+              "https://git.fabledsword.com/api/v1/repos/bvandeusen/FabledCurator/releases"
+            CREATED_BY_US=true
+          fi
+          RELEASE_ID=$(python3 -c "import json; print(json.load(open('release.json'))['id'])")
+          test -n "$RELEASE_ID"
+          # Rollback-on-failure: if the asset upload fails AND we just
+          # created the release in this run, delete it. Prevents an empty
+          # ext-<version> release from poisoning the next workflow run
+          # (operator-flagged 2026-05-26 — without rollback the next run
+          # saw 'release exists, no asset → cache miss → sign' which AMO
+          # then rejected with 409 'Version already exists').
+          rollback_if_we_created() {
+            if [ "$CREATED_BY_US" = "true" ]; then
+              echo "Rolling back: deleting just-created release $RELEASE_ID"
+              curl -s -X DELETE -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" \
+                "https://git.fabledsword.com/api/v1/repos/bvandeusen/FabledCurator/releases/$RELEASE_ID" || true
+              curl -s -X DELETE -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" \
+                "https://git.fabledsword.com/api/v1/repos/bvandeusen/FabledCurator/tags/ext-$VERSION" || true
+            fi
+          }
+          trap 'rollback_if_we_created' EXIT
+          HTTP_CODE=$(curl -s -X POST -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" \
+            -F "attachment=@$XPI" \
+            -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" \
+            "https://git.fabledsword.com/api/v1/repos/bvandeusen/FabledCurator/releases/$RELEASE_ID/assets?name=fabledcurator-$VERSION.xpi")
+          if [ "$HTTP_CODE" != "201" ] && [ "$HTTP_CODE" != "200" ]; then
+            echo "Asset upload failed with HTTP $HTTP_CODE"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          # Upload succeeded — clear the rollback trap.
+          trap - EXIT
+          echo "Uploaded fabledcurator-$VERSION.xpi to ext-$VERSION release"
+
+      # No actions/upload-artifact step: Forgejo Actions (and our
+       # act_runner) doesn't support upload-artifact@v4+ (GHES limitation
+       # surfaced 2026-05-26). Instead build-web reads the signed XPI
+       # straight from the ext-<version> Forgejo release we just uploaded
+       # to. Same source of truth; no double-store.
+
+  build-web:
+    needs: [sign-extension]
+    # sign-extension is main-only; on dev it's skipped, build-web still runs.
+    if: always() && (needs.sign-extension.result == 'success' || needs.sign-extension.result == 'skipped')
+    runs-on: python-ci
+    container:
+      image: git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/ci-python:3.14
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Download signed XPI from Forgejo release asset (main + tags)
+        # Fires on main-push AND on tag-push. Tag-push builds re-package the
+        # same source code as the preceding main-push build but with an
+        # immutable version tag — they need the XPI too, otherwise the
+        # versioned image ships without the signed extension.
+        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' || startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+        env:
+          TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          set -eux
+          VERSION=$(grep -E '"version"' extension/package.json | head -1 | sed -E 's/.*"version"[[:space:]]*:[[:space:]]*"([^"]+)".*/\1/')
+          # Look up the ext-<version> release; extract the .xpi asset's
+          # browser_download_url (Forgejo's /releases/assets/<id> endpoint
+          # returns ASSET METADATA, not the binary blob — operator-flagged
+          # 2026-05-26: my prior code curl'd the metadata endpoint without
+          # -f and wrote the resulting 404-page-not-found text into
+          # fabledcurator-*.xpi, which Firefox then rejected as "corrupt").
+          # browser_download_url is the canonical binary endpoint and is
+          # also publicly accessible (no token needed) but we pass the
+          # token anyway for symmetry with private-repo support.
+          curl -sf -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" \
+            "https://git.fabledsword.com/api/v1/repos/bvandeusen/FabledCurator/releases/tags/ext-$VERSION" \
+            -o release.json
+          DOWNLOAD_URL=$(python3 -c "import json; r=json.load(open('release.json')); xpis=[a for a in r.get('assets', []) if a.get('name','').endswith('.xpi')]; print(xpis[0]['browser_download_url'])")
+          test -n "$DOWNLOAD_URL"
+          echo "Downloading XPI from: $DOWNLOAD_URL"
+          mkdir -p frontend/public/extension
+          DEST="frontend/public/extension/fabledcurator-$VERSION.xpi"
+          # -f = fail on HTTP error (prevents silent corruption like the
+          # 2026-05-26 incident); -L = follow redirects.
+          curl -sfL -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" -o "$DEST" "$DOWNLOAD_URL"
+          # Sanity check: the binary should start with the ZIP magic (PK\x03\x04).
+          # If it's anything else, the next docker build will ship a corrupt XPI.
+          MAGIC=$(head -c 2 "$DEST" | od -An -c | tr -d ' \n')
+          if [ "$MAGIC" != "PK" ]; then
+            echo "ERROR: downloaded XPI does not start with ZIP magic 'PK' (got '$MAGIC')"
+            echo "File contents preview:"
+            head -c 200 "$DEST"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          cp "$DEST" "frontend/public/extension/fabledcurator-latest.xpi"
+          ls -la frontend/public/extension/
+
       - name: Determine tag
         id: tag
         run: |
-          if [ "${GITHUB_REF##*/}" = "main" ]; then
+          # Three trigger shapes:
+          #   refs/tags/v…   → tag-push: publish ONLY the immutable version
+          #                    tag (e.g. :v26.05.26.5). Don't touch :latest;
+          #                    that already got published by the main-push
+          #                    build for the merge commit.
+          #   refs/heads/main → push to main (incl. PR merge commits):
+          #                    publish :main + :latest (floating).
+          #   anything else  → safety net; shouldn't fire given the `on:`
+          #                    config above (dev was dropped). Tag :dev to
+          #                    surface the unexpected run in the registry.
+          if [ "${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}" != "${GITHUB_REF}" ]; then
+            TAG_NAME="${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}"
+            echo "tags=git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/fabledcurator:${TAG_NAME}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          elif [ "${GITHUB_REF##*/}" = "main" ]; then
             echo "tags=git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/fabledcurator:main,git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/fabledcurator:latest" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           else
             echo "tags=git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/fabledcurator:dev" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
@@ -52,7 +258,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Determine tag
         id: tag
         run: |
-          if [ "${GITHUB_REF##*/}" = "main" ]; then
+          # Mirrors build-web's three-shape logic (tag-push / main-push /
+          # safety-net dev). The -ml image follows the same release cadence
+          # as the web image.
+          if [ "${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}" != "${GITHUB_REF}" ]; then
+            TAG_NAME="${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}"
+            echo "tags=git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/fabledcurator-ml:${TAG_NAME}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          elif [ "${GITHUB_REF##*/}" = "main" ]; then
             echo "tags=git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/fabledcurator-ml:main,git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/fabledcurator-ml:latest" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           else
             echo "tags=git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/fabledcurator-ml:dev" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"

.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ name: CI
 on:
   push:
     branches: [dev, main]
-  pull_request:
+  # pull_request trigger intentionally absent — with branches: [dev, main]
-    branches: [main]
+  # above, every PR commit already fires CI via the push event on dev. Adding
+  # pull_request would duplicate runs on dev→main PRs. FC has no fork PRs
+  # (single-operator Forgejo repo) so push coverage is complete.
 
 jobs:
   backend-lint-and-test:
@@ -24,11 +26,30 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+      # Cache step removed 2026-05-26: act_runner's cache backend has been
+      # broken on this homelab runner since 2026-05-15 (first as request-
+      # timeout warnings, then as hard "Cannot find module .../dist/restore/
+      # index.js" failures that tank the whole job). The cache step targeted
+      # ~/.cache/pip but the install below uses `uv pip install` primarily,
+      # whose own cache lives at ~/.cache/uv — so the cache step's real
+      # benefit was marginal even when working. Cost of removal: ~30s of
+      # wheel downloads per job. Future re-enable: mount ~/.cache/uv as a
+      # docker volume at the runner level (skips actions/cache entirely),
+      # or fix the runner-side cache backend (clear /var/run/act/actions/*,
+      # pin act_runner version, etc.).
+
       - name: Install Python deps
         # ruff is pre-installed in the ci-python image (see CI-Runner/CI-python/
         # Dockerfile's RUFF_VERSION). Per FabledRulebook ci-runners.md, toolchain
         # versions live on the runner image, not here.
-        run: pip install -r requirements.txt pytest pytest-asyncio
+        # uv: 5-10x faster wheel resolve than pip for cold caches.
+        # Falls back to pip install on uv-missing runners (older images).
+        run: |
+          if command -v uv >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            uv pip install --system -r requirements.txt pytest pytest-asyncio
+          else
+            pip install -r requirements.txt pytest pytest-asyncio
+          fi
 
       - name: Ruff lint
         run: ruff check backend/ tests/ alembic/
@@ -57,17 +78,28 @@ jobs:
       - run: npm run test:unit
       - run: npm run build
 
-  integration:
+  # Integration suite split into THREE parallel shards (2026-05-25, runner
-    # This act_runner (swarm-runner v0.6.1) puts service containers on the
+  # capacity bumped 2→6). Each shard gets its own Postgres + Redis service
-    # default bridge with NO service-name DNS, and publishing fixed host
+  # set and runs alembic + a disjoint subset of integration tests. Shards
-    # ports collides with the operator's running docker-compose dev stack on
+  # share no DB state, so the autouse TRUNCATE fixture in tests/conftest.py
-    # the same shared daemon. Workaround: publish NO host ports, and reach
+  # stays single-threaded per shard but multiple shards run in parallel
-    # each service by its bridge IP — discovered at runtime via the mounted
+  # wall-clock. Approximate split — rebalance once --durations=15 output
-    # docker socket (the ci-python image ships /usr/bin/docker). Default-bridge
+  # reveals which shard is the long pole.
-    # containers can talk by IP (only embedded DNS is missing), so IP
+  #
-    # addressing is reliable here. Everything runs in ONE step so resolved
+  # Each shard's docker-ps filter uses its own unique job name to scope
-    # values don't depend on cross-step env passing. Pattern documented in
+  # service-container resolution. act_runner appears to strip underscores
-    # FabledRulebook/forgejo.md "CI philosophy".
+  # from job names when building container labels — `int_api` yielded
+  # zero matches on 2026-05-25 — so shards use no-separator names
+  # (`intapi`, `intimp`, `intcore`) instead. Each step prints
+  # `docker ps -a` first so a future naming-convention shift surfaces in
+  # the log without another guess-and-push cycle.
+  #
+  # Pre-baking requirements.txt into ci-python:3.14 is intentionally NOT
+  # done — per ci-requirements.md, FC is the only Python consumer of that
+  # image and the CI-Runner project's "add deps to image when used by >1
+  # project" rule keeps the install per-job.
+
+  intapi:
     runs-on: python-ci
     container:
       image: git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/ci-python:3.14
@@ -98,15 +130,14 @@ jobs:
           --health-retries 10
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
+      - name: API integration shard (resolve service IPs, migrate, test)
-      - name: Integration suite (resolve service IPs, migrate, test)
         run: |
           set -eux
-          # Scope to THIS job's service containers (act_runner names them
+          echo "=== container landscape (diagnostic for filter scoping) ==="
-          # ...JOB-integration...); the operator's compose stack uses the
+          docker ps -a --format '{{.ID}} {{.Image}} -> {{.Names}}'
-          # same images but different names, so it won't match.
+          echo "=== end landscape ==="
-          PG=$(docker ps --filter "name=JOB-integration" --filter "ancestor=pgvector/pgvector:pg16" -q | head -n1)
+          PG=$(docker ps --filter "name=intapi" --filter "ancestor=pgvector/pgvector:pg16" -q | head -n1)
-          RD=$(docker ps --filter "name=JOB-integration" --filter "ancestor=redis:7-alpine" -q | head -n1)
+          RD=$(docker ps --filter "name=intapi" --filter "ancestor=redis:7-alpine" -q | head -n1)
           test -n "$PG" && test -n "$RD"
           PG_IP=$(docker inspect -f '{{range .NetworkSettings.Networks}}{{.IPAddress}}{{end}}' "$PG")
           RD_IP=$(docker inspect -f '{{range .NetworkSettings.Networks}}{{.IPAddress}}{{end}}' "$RD")
@@ -114,11 +145,139 @@ jobs:
           export DB_HOST="$PG_IP"
           export CELERY_BROKER_URL="redis://$RD_IP:6379/0"
           export CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND="redis://$RD_IP:6379/0"
-          # Wait for Postgres to accept TCP (bash /dev/tcp; no extra tools).
           for i in $(seq 1 60); do
             (echo > "/dev/tcp/$PG_IP/5432") >/dev/null 2>&1 && break
             sleep 2
           done
-          pip install -r requirements.txt pytest pytest-asyncio
+          if command -v uv >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            uv pip install --system -r requirements.txt pytest pytest-asyncio
+          else
+            pip install -r requirements.txt pytest pytest-asyncio
+          fi
           alembic upgrade head
-          pytest tests/ -v -m integration
+          pytest tests/test_api_*.py -v -m integration --durations=15
+
+  intimp:
+    runs-on: python-ci
+    container:
+      image: git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/ci-python:3.14
+    env:
+      DB_USER: fabledcurator
+      DB_PASSWORD: ci_integration
+      DB_PORT: "5432"
+      DB_NAME: fabledcurator_test
+      SECRET_KEY: ci_integration_placeholder
+    services:
+      postgres:
+        image: pgvector/pgvector:pg16
+        env:
+          POSTGRES_USER: fabledcurator
+          POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ci_integration
+          POSTGRES_DB: fabledcurator_test
+        options: >-
+          --health-cmd "pg_isready -U fabledcurator"
+          --health-interval 10s
+          --health-timeout 5s
+          --health-retries 10
+      redis:
+        image: redis:7-alpine
+        options: >-
+          --health-cmd "redis-cli ping"
+          --health-interval 10s
+          --health-timeout 5s
+          --health-retries 10
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Importer integration shard (resolve service IPs, migrate, test)
+        run: |
+          set -eux
+          echo "=== container landscape (diagnostic for filter scoping) ==="
+          docker ps -a --format '{{.ID}} {{.Image}} -> {{.Names}}'
+          echo "=== end landscape ==="
+          PG=$(docker ps --filter "name=intimp" --filter "ancestor=pgvector/pgvector:pg16" -q | head -n1)
+          RD=$(docker ps --filter "name=intimp" --filter "ancestor=redis:7-alpine" -q | head -n1)
+          test -n "$PG" && test -n "$RD"
+          PG_IP=$(docker inspect -f '{{range .NetworkSettings.Networks}}{{.IPAddress}}{{end}}' "$PG")
+          RD_IP=$(docker inspect -f '{{range .NetworkSettings.Networks}}{{.IPAddress}}{{end}}' "$RD")
+          test -n "$PG_IP" && test -n "$RD_IP"
+          export DB_HOST="$PG_IP"
+          export CELERY_BROKER_URL="redis://$RD_IP:6379/0"
+          export CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND="redis://$RD_IP:6379/0"
+          for i in $(seq 1 60); do
+            (echo > "/dev/tcp/$PG_IP/5432") >/dev/null 2>&1 && break
+            sleep 2
+          done
+          if command -v uv >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            uv pip install --system -r requirements.txt pytest pytest-asyncio
+          else
+            pip install -r requirements.txt pytest pytest-asyncio
+          fi
+          alembic upgrade head
+          pytest tests/test_importer*.py tests/test_import_*.py tests/test_migration_*.py tests/test_phash_*.py tests/test_sidecar_*.py tests/test_scan_*.py tests/test_archive_extractor.py tests/test_backfill_phash.py -v -m integration --durations=15
+
+  intcore:
+    runs-on: python-ci
+    container:
+      image: git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/ci-python:3.14
+    env:
+      DB_USER: fabledcurator
+      DB_PASSWORD: ci_integration
+      DB_PORT: "5432"
+      DB_NAME: fabledcurator_test
+      SECRET_KEY: ci_integration_placeholder
+    services:
+      postgres:
+        image: pgvector/pgvector:pg16
+        env:
+          POSTGRES_USER: fabledcurator
+          POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ci_integration
+          POSTGRES_DB: fabledcurator_test
+        options: >-
+          --health-cmd "pg_isready -U fabledcurator"
+          --health-interval 10s
+          --health-timeout 5s
+          --health-retries 10
+      redis:
+        image: redis:7-alpine
+        options: >-
+          --health-cmd "redis-cli ping"
+          --health-interval 10s
+          --health-timeout 5s
+          --health-retries 10
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Core integration shard (everything not api / importer / migration / phash / sidecar / scan / archive / backfill)
+        run: |
+          set -eux
+          echo "=== container landscape (diagnostic for filter scoping) ==="
+          docker ps -a --format '{{.ID}} {{.Image}} -> {{.Names}}'
+          echo "=== end landscape ==="
+          PG=$(docker ps --filter "name=intcore" --filter "ancestor=pgvector/pgvector:pg16" -q | head -n1)
+          RD=$(docker ps --filter "name=intcore" --filter "ancestor=redis:7-alpine" -q | head -n1)
+          test -n "$PG" && test -n "$RD"
+          PG_IP=$(docker inspect -f '{{range .NetworkSettings.Networks}}{{.IPAddress}}{{end}}' "$PG")
+          RD_IP=$(docker inspect -f '{{range .NetworkSettings.Networks}}{{.IPAddress}}{{end}}' "$RD")
+          test -n "$PG_IP" && test -n "$RD_IP"
+          export DB_HOST="$PG_IP"
+          export CELERY_BROKER_URL="redis://$RD_IP:6379/0"
+          export CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND="redis://$RD_IP:6379/0"
+          for i in $(seq 1 60); do
+            (echo > "/dev/tcp/$PG_IP/5432") >/dev/null 2>&1 && break
+            sleep 2
+          done
+          if command -v uv >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            uv pip install --system -r requirements.txt pytest pytest-asyncio
+          else
+            pip install -r requirements.txt pytest pytest-asyncio
+          fi
+          alembic upgrade head
+          pytest tests/ -v -m integration --durations=15 \
+            --ignore-glob='tests/test_api_*.py' \
+            --ignore-glob='tests/test_importer*.py' \
+            --ignore-glob='tests/test_import_*.py' \
+            --ignore-glob='tests/test_migration_*.py' \
+            --ignore-glob='tests/test_phash_*.py' \
+            --ignore-glob='tests/test_sidecar_*.py' \
+            --ignore-glob='tests/test_scan_*.py' \
+            --ignore-glob='tests/test_archive_extractor.py' \
+            --ignore-glob='tests/test_backfill_phash.py'

.forgejo/workflows/extension.yml

@@ -1,8 +1,19 @@
 name: extension
+# Lint-only workflow. The sign-and-publish dance moved into build.yml's
+# `sign-extension` job (2026-05-25) — `:latest` now always bundles the XPI
+# because sign-extension runs as a build-web dependency in the SAME workflow,
+# eliminating the prior race between build.yml and a separate extension.yml.
+# Signed XPIs are cached in Forgejo Release Assets named `ext-<version>`.
 on:
   push:
     branches: [dev, main]
-    paths: ['extension/**']
+    paths:
+      - 'extension/**'
+      - '.forgejo/workflows/extension.yml'
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
+    paths:
+      - 'extension/**'
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
@@ -16,44 +27,3 @@ jobs:
         run: cd extension && npm install --no-save --no-audit --no-fund
       - name: Lint
         run: cd extension && npm run lint
-
-  sign-and-publish:
-    needs: lint
-    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
-    runs-on: python-ci
-    container:
-      image: node:22-bookworm-slim
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
-      - name: Install web-ext + git
-        run: |
-          apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends git ca-certificates
-          cd extension && npm install --no-save --no-audit --no-fund
-      - name: Sign XPI
-        run: cd extension && npm run sign
-        env:
-          WEB_EXT_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.MOZILLA_AMO_JWT_KEY }}
-          WEB_EXT_API_SECRET: ${{ secrets.MOZILLA_AMO_JWT_SECRET }}
-      - name: Commit signed XPI to frontend/public/extension/
-        run: |
-          set -e
-          XPI=$(ls extension/web-ext-artifacts/fabledcurator-*.xpi | head -1)
-          if [ -z "$XPI" ]; then
-            echo "No XPI produced by web-ext sign — exiting"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-          mkdir -p frontend/public/extension
-          cp "$XPI" frontend/public/extension/
-          # Also copy as -latest.xpi so the FC server can serve a stable URL.
-          cp "$XPI" "frontend/public/extension/fabledcurator-latest.xpi"
-          git config user.name  "FC extension CI"
-          git config user.email "noreply@fabledsword.com"
-          git add frontend/public/extension/
-          if git diff --cached --quiet; then
-            echo "No changes to commit"
-          else
-            git commit -m "ext: publish signed XPI $(basename $XPI)"
-            git push origin HEAD:main
-          fi

alembic/versions/0016_fc3i_task_run.py

@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+"""fc3i: task_run table
+
+Revision ID: 0016
+Revises: 0015
+Create Date: 2026-05-24
+
+Additive only. New table records every Celery task attempt via signal
+handlers (backend.app.celery_signals). Status is plain String(16) not
+Postgres ENUM (per feedback_check_existing_enums: ENUM columns hard-
+fail at INSERT, String columns extend cleanly).
+
+Composite indexes anticipate the three dashboard panes:
+- (queue, started_at desc)   — per-lane recent activity
+- (status, started_at desc)  — recent failures pane
+- (task_name, started_at desc) — drill-down by task
+
+Indexed columns get individual indexes via `index=True` on the model;
+the composites below cover the multi-column lookups.
+"""
+from typing import Sequence, Union
+
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+from alembic import op
+
+revision: str = "0016"
+down_revision: Union[str, None] = "0015"
+branch_labels: Union[str, Sequence[str], None] = None
+depends_on: Union[str, Sequence[str], None] = None
+
+
+def upgrade() -> None:
+    op.create_table(
+        "task_run",
+        sa.Column("id", sa.Integer(), primary_key=True),
+        sa.Column("celery_task_id", sa.String(length=64), nullable=False),
+        sa.Column("queue", sa.String(length=32), nullable=False),
+        sa.Column("task_name", sa.String(length=128), nullable=False),
+        sa.Column("target_id", sa.Integer(), nullable=True),
+        sa.Column("started_at", sa.DateTime(timezone=True), nullable=False),
+        sa.Column("finished_at", sa.DateTime(timezone=True), nullable=True),
+        sa.Column("duration_ms", sa.Integer(), nullable=True),
+        sa.Column(
+            "status", sa.String(length=16), nullable=False,
+            server_default="running",
+        ),
+        sa.Column("error_type", sa.String(length=128), nullable=True),
+        sa.Column("error_message", sa.Text(), nullable=True),
+        sa.Column("retry_count", sa.Integer(), nullable=True),
+        sa.Column("worker_hostname", sa.String(length=128), nullable=True),
+        sa.Column("args_summary", sa.String(length=255), nullable=True),
+    )
+
+    # Single-column indexes (matches Mapped[...].index=True on model).
+    op.create_index("ix_task_run_celery_task_id", "task_run", ["celery_task_id"])
+    op.create_index("ix_task_run_queue", "task_run", ["queue"])
+    op.create_index("ix_task_run_task_name", "task_run", ["task_name"])
+    op.create_index("ix_task_run_started_at", "task_run", ["started_at"])
+    op.create_index("ix_task_run_finished_at", "task_run", ["finished_at"])
+    op.create_index("ix_task_run_status", "task_run", ["status"])
+
+    # Composite indexes for dashboard query patterns.
+    op.create_index(
+        "ix_task_run_queue_started",
+        "task_run", ["queue", sa.text("started_at DESC")],
+    )
+    op.create_index(
+        "ix_task_run_status_started",
+        "task_run", ["status", sa.text("started_at DESC")],
+    )
+    op.create_index(
+        "ix_task_run_name_started",
+        "task_run", ["task_name", sa.text("started_at DESC")],
+    )
+
+
+def downgrade() -> None:
+    op.drop_index("ix_task_run_name_started", table_name="task_run")
+    op.drop_index("ix_task_run_status_started", table_name="task_run")
+    op.drop_index("ix_task_run_queue_started", table_name="task_run")
+    op.drop_index("ix_task_run_status", table_name="task_run")
+    op.drop_index("ix_task_run_finished_at", table_name="task_run")
+    op.drop_index("ix_task_run_started_at", table_name="task_run")
+    op.drop_index("ix_task_run_task_name", table_name="task_run")
+    op.drop_index("ix_task_run_queue", table_name="task_run")
+    op.drop_index("ix_task_run_celery_task_id", table_name="task_run")
+    op.drop_table("task_run")

alembic/versions/0017_fc3h_backup_run.py

@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+"""fc3h: backup_run table
+
+Revision ID: 0017
+Revises: 0016
+Create Date: 2026-05-24
+
+Additive. New table records every backup/restore attempt with artifact
+metadata. Lifecycle tracking lives in task_run from FC-3i; this is
+artifact-only (paths, sizes, tag, restore lineage).
+"""
+from typing import Sequence, Union
+
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+from alembic import op
+
+revision: str = "0017"
+down_revision: Union[str, None] = "0016"
+branch_labels: Union[str, Sequence[str], None] = None
+depends_on: Union[str, Sequence[str], None] = None
+
+
+def upgrade() -> None:
+    op.create_table(
+        "backup_run",
+        sa.Column("id", sa.Integer(), primary_key=True),
+        sa.Column("kind", sa.String(length=16), nullable=False),
+        sa.Column(
+            "status", sa.String(length=16), nullable=False,
+            server_default="pending",
+        ),
+        sa.Column("tag", sa.String(length=64), nullable=True),
+        sa.Column("triggered_by", sa.String(length=32), nullable=False),
+        sa.Column("started_at", sa.DateTime(timezone=True), nullable=False),
+        sa.Column("finished_at", sa.DateTime(timezone=True), nullable=True),
+        sa.Column("sql_path", sa.Text(), nullable=True),
+        sa.Column("tar_path", sa.Text(), nullable=True),
+        sa.Column("size_bytes", sa.BigInteger(), nullable=True),
+        sa.Column("error", sa.Text(), nullable=True),
+        sa.Column(
+            "manifest", sa.JSON(), nullable=False, server_default="{}",
+        ),
+        sa.Column(
+            "restored_from_id", sa.Integer(),
+            sa.ForeignKey("backup_run.id", ondelete="SET NULL"),
+            nullable=True,
+        ),
+    )
+
+    # Single-column indexes (matches Mapped[...].index=True).
+    op.create_index("ix_backup_run_kind", "backup_run", ["kind"])
+    op.create_index("ix_backup_run_status", "backup_run", ["status"])
+    op.create_index("ix_backup_run_tag", "backup_run", ["tag"])
+    op.create_index("ix_backup_run_started_at", "backup_run", ["started_at"])
+    op.create_index("ix_backup_run_finished_at", "backup_run", ["finished_at"])
+
+    # Composite indexes for dashboard query patterns.
+    op.create_index(
+        "ix_backup_run_kind_started",
+        "backup_run", ["kind", sa.text("started_at DESC")],
+    )
+    op.create_index(
+        "ix_backup_run_status_finished",
+        "backup_run", ["status", sa.text("finished_at DESC")],
+    )
+    # Partial index: only tagged rows participate in retention-exempt query.
+    op.create_index(
+        "ix_backup_run_tag_partial",
+        "backup_run", ["tag"],
+        postgresql_where=sa.text("tag IS NOT NULL"),
+    )
+
+
+def downgrade() -> None:
+    op.drop_index("ix_backup_run_tag_partial", table_name="backup_run")
+    op.drop_index("ix_backup_run_status_finished", table_name="backup_run")
+    op.drop_index("ix_backup_run_kind_started", table_name="backup_run")
+    op.drop_index("ix_backup_run_finished_at", table_name="backup_run")
+    op.drop_index("ix_backup_run_started_at", table_name="backup_run")
+    op.drop_index("ix_backup_run_tag", table_name="backup_run")
+    op.drop_index("ix_backup_run_status", table_name="backup_run")
+    op.drop_index("ix_backup_run_kind", table_name="backup_run")
+    op.drop_table("backup_run")

alembic/versions/0018_fc3h_backup_settings.py

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+"""fc3h: backup_* knobs on import_settings
+
+Revision ID: 0018
+Revises: 0017
+Create Date: 2026-05-24
+
+Adds four columns to the singleton import_settings row:
+  - backup_db_nightly_enabled (default False — opt-in)
+  - backup_db_nightly_hour_utc (default 3)
+  - backup_db_keep_last_n (default 14)
+  - backup_images_keep_last_n (default 3)
+
+server_default ensures the singleton row is backfilled in place
+without an UPDATE statement.
+"""
+from typing import Sequence, Union
+
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+from alembic import op
+
+revision: str = "0018"
+down_revision: Union[str, None] = "0017"
+branch_labels: Union[str, Sequence[str], None] = None
+depends_on: Union[str, Sequence[str], None] = None
+
+
+def upgrade() -> None:
+    op.add_column(
+        "import_settings",
+        sa.Column(
+            "backup_db_nightly_enabled", sa.Boolean(),
+            nullable=False, server_default=sa.false(),
+        ),
+    )
+    op.add_column(
+        "import_settings",
+        sa.Column(
+            "backup_db_nightly_hour_utc", sa.Integer(),
+            nullable=False, server_default="3",
+        ),
+    )
+    op.add_column(
+        "import_settings",
+        sa.Column(
+            "backup_db_keep_last_n", sa.Integer(),
+            nullable=False, server_default="14",
+        ),
+    )
+    op.add_column(
+        "import_settings",
+        sa.Column(
+            "backup_images_keep_last_n", sa.Integer(),
+            nullable=False, server_default="3",
+        ),
+    )
+
+
+def downgrade() -> None:
+    op.drop_column("import_settings", "backup_images_keep_last_n")
+    op.drop_column("import_settings", "backup_db_keep_last_n")
+    op.drop_column("import_settings", "backup_db_nightly_hour_utc")
+    op.drop_column("import_settings", "backup_db_nightly_enabled")

alembic/versions/0019_import_batch_refreshed.py

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+"""import_batch.refreshed counter for deep-scan sidecar re-application
+
+Revision ID: 0019
+Revises: 0018
+Create Date: 2026-05-25
+
+Adds a `refreshed` counter to `import_batch`, mirroring the existing
+`imported`/`skipped`/`failed`/`attachments` columns. Deep scan now
+re-applies sidecar metadata to already-imported files (the IR feature
+that didn't make the FC port the first time); a "refreshed" outcome
+increments this counter so the UI can surface "X new, Y refreshed"
+instead of the misleading "Scan complete — no new files" message.
+
+server_default=0 backfills existing rows in place — no UPDATE needed.
+"""
+from typing import Sequence, Union
+
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+from alembic import op
+
+revision: str = "0019"
+down_revision: Union[str, None] = "0018"
+branch_labels: Union[str, Sequence[str], None] = None
+depends_on: Union[str, Sequence[str], None] = None
+
+
+def upgrade() -> None:
+    op.add_column(
+        "import_batch",
+        sa.Column(
+            "refreshed", sa.Integer(),
+            nullable=False, server_default=sa.text("0"),
+        ),
+    )
+
+
+def downgrade() -> None:
+    op.drop_column("import_batch", "refreshed")

alembic/versions/0020_library_audit_run.py

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+"""fc-cleanup: library_audit_run table for async transparency/single_color audits
+
+Revision ID: 0020
+Revises: 0019
+Create Date: 2026-05-26
+
+The table backs the async audit lifecycle: rule + params snapshot, status
+state machine ('running' → 'ready' → 'applied'/'cancelled'/'error'), and
+the matched_ids JSONB array that the apply step deletes. Capped at 50k IDs
+per row by the scan task (oversize = rule too aggressive, operator narrows
+before re-running).
+"""
+from typing import Sequence, Union
+
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+from alembic import op
+from sqlalchemy.dialects import postgresql
+
+revision: str = "0020"
+down_revision: Union[str, None] = "0019"
+branch_labels: Union[str, Sequence[str], None] = None
+depends_on: Union[str, Sequence[str], None] = None
+
+
+def upgrade() -> None:
+    op.create_table(
+        "library_audit_run",
+        sa.Column("id", sa.Integer(), primary_key=True),
+        sa.Column("rule", sa.String(32), nullable=False),
+        sa.Column("params", postgresql.JSONB(astext_type=sa.Text()), nullable=False),
+        sa.Column(
+            "status", sa.String(16),
+            nullable=False, server_default="running",
+        ),
+        sa.Column(
+            "started_at", sa.DateTime(timezone=True),
+            nullable=False, server_default=sa.func.now(),
+        ),
+        sa.Column("finished_at", sa.DateTime(timezone=True), nullable=True),
+        sa.Column(
+            "scanned_count", sa.Integer(),
+            nullable=False, server_default="0",
+        ),
+        sa.Column(
+            "matched_count", sa.Integer(),
+            nullable=False, server_default="0",
+        ),
+        sa.Column(
+            "matched_ids", postgresql.JSONB(astext_type=sa.Text()),
+            nullable=False, server_default=sa.text("'[]'::jsonb"),
+        ),
+        sa.Column("error", sa.Text(), nullable=True),
+    )
+    op.create_index(
+        "ix_library_audit_run_rule", "library_audit_run", ["rule"],
+    )
+    op.create_index(
+        "ix_library_audit_run_status", "library_audit_run", ["status"],
+    )
+
+
+def downgrade() -> None:
+    op.drop_index("ix_library_audit_run_status", table_name="library_audit_run")
+    op.drop_index("ix_library_audit_run_rule", table_name="library_audit_run")
+    op.drop_table("library_audit_run")

alembic/versions/0021_image_provenance_unique.py

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+"""provenance-race: dedupe + UNIQUE(image_record_id, post_id) on image_provenance
+
+Revision ID: 0021
+Revises: 0020
+Create Date: 2026-05-26
+
+Closes the race in Importer._apply_sidecar's existence-check + INSERT pattern.
+Two workers writing for the same (image, post) pair both saw no existing row
+and both inserted, leaving duplicates that then broke .scalar_one_or_none()
+on every subsequent deep-scan rederive against those images
+(MultipleResultsFound). Most plausibly seeded when the 5-min recovery sweep
+re-enqueued a still-running long-import task and the second worker collided
+with the first inside _apply_sidecar.
+
+Migration steps:
+  1. DELETE all but min(id) per (image_record_id, post_id) pair. Operator's
+     DB had 2 affected pairs at write-time; harmless no-op if zero.
+  2. Add UNIQUE constraint so the importer's new savepoint+IntegrityError
+     recovery path can trip on collision and re-select, mirroring
+     uq_source_artist_platform_url and uq_post_source_external_id.
+"""
+from typing import Sequence, Union
+
+from alembic import op
+
+revision: str = "0021"
+down_revision: Union[str, None] = "0020"
+branch_labels: Union[str, Sequence[str], None] = None
+depends_on: Union[str, Sequence[str], None] = None
+
+
+def upgrade() -> None:
+    op.execute(
+        """
+        DELETE FROM image_provenance ip1
+        USING image_provenance ip2
+        WHERE ip1.image_record_id = ip2.image_record_id
+          AND ip1.post_id = ip2.post_id
+          AND ip1.id > ip2.id
+        """
+    )
+    op.create_unique_constraint(
+        "uq_image_provenance_image_post",
+        "image_provenance",
+        ["image_record_id", "post_id"],
+    )
+
+
+def downgrade() -> None:
+    op.drop_constraint(
+        "uq_image_provenance_image_post",
+        "image_provenance",
+        type_="unique",
+    )

alembic/versions/0022_source_per_artist_platform.py

@@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
+"""source-collapse: one Source per (artist, platform) — consolidate junk per-post Sources
+
+Revision ID: 0022
+Revises: 0021
+Create Date: 2026-05-26
+
+Closes the operator-flagged 2026-05-26 issue where the filesystem importer
+called _find_or_create_source(url=sd.post_url), creating one Source row per
+imported post URL. Operator's Atole artist had 406 Source rows where there
+should have been 1 (the /cw/Atole subscription Source).
+
+Source represents a subscription feed (one per artist+platform — the
+gallery-dl URL polled by the FC-3 downloader). Posts hang off it. The
+filesystem importer was misusing Source as a per-post key.
+
+Migration steps per (artist_id, platform) group with >1 Source:
+  1. Pick canonical — prefer a URL NOT matching '/posts/<id>$' (real
+     campaign URL like /cw/Atole); else min(id).
+  2. PRE-merge any Posts under non-canonical sources whose
+     external_post_id ALREADY exists under the canonical source. (Same
+     gallery-dl post imported via two different sidecar paths can plant
+     two Post rows with identical external_post_id under different
+     Sources for the same artist.) Repoint ImageProvenance +
+     ImageRecord.primary_post_id to the canonical-side Post, dedupe
+     ImageProvenance against alembic 0021's uq, then delete the
+     non-canonical-side Post. This MUST happen before step 3 — Postgres
+     fires uq_post_source_external_id row-by-row during the bulk UPDATE
+     and the merge-after-reparent ordering 500s on first collision
+     (operator-hit during v26.05.26.1 deploy, 2026-05-26).
+  3. Reparent remaining Posts onto canonical (no collisions possible now).
+  4. Reparent ImageProvenance.source_id off the non-canonical sources.
+  5. Delete the orphan Source rows.
+  6. If the canonical Source's URL still looks like a per-post URL (no
+     campaign URL existed among candidates), rewrite it to
+     'sidecar:<platform>:<artist_slug>' so the artist detail page shows
+     something readable.
+"""
+from typing import Sequence, Union
+
+from alembic import op
+from sqlalchemy import text
+
+revision: str = "0022"
+down_revision: Union[str, None] = "0021"
+branch_labels: Union[str, Sequence[str], None] = None
+depends_on: Union[str, Sequence[str], None] = None
+
+_POST_URL_RE = r"/posts/[^/]+$"
+
+
+def upgrade() -> None:
+    conn = op.get_bind()
+
+    # Find (artist_id, platform) groups with > 1 Source row.
+    groups = conn.execute(text("""
+        SELECT artist_id, platform
+        FROM source
+        GROUP BY artist_id, platform
+        HAVING COUNT(*) > 1
+    """)).fetchall()
+
+    for artist_id, platform in groups:
+        rows = conn.execute(
+            text("""
+                SELECT id, url FROM source
+                WHERE artist_id = :a AND platform = :p
+                ORDER BY id ASC
+            """),
+            {"a": artist_id, "p": platform},
+        ).fetchall()
+
+        # Canonical: first row whose URL doesn't look like a per-post URL;
+        # else min(id).
+        canonical_id = None
+        for sid, url in rows:
+            if not _matches_post_url(url):
+                canonical_id = sid
+                break
+        if canonical_id is None:
+            canonical_id = rows[0][0]
+
+        other_ids = [sid for sid, _ in rows if sid != canonical_id]
+        if not other_ids:
+            continue
+
+        # STEP 2: PRE-merge ALL Posts with duplicate external_post_id
+        # across the entire (canonical + others) group, BEFORE the bulk
+        # reparent. Two cases must both be handled:
+        #   (A) canonical has Post X with epid=N; an "other" source has
+        #       Post Y with epid=N → after bulk UPDATE, (canonical, N)
+        #       collides with itself.
+        #   (B) two different "other" sources each have a Post with
+        #       epid=N; canonical has none → after bulk UPDATE, both
+        #       are repointed to (canonical, N) and the second collides.
+        # The earlier version of this migration only handled (A); the
+        # operator's deploy 2026-05-26 tripped (B) at line 139.
+        # Fix: group ALL Posts in the (artist, platform) by epid; for
+        # any group with count>1, pick the keep (prefer one already
+        # under canonical; else lowest id) and merge the rest into it.
+        all_posts = conn.execute(
+            text("""
+                SELECT external_post_id, id, source_id
+                FROM post
+                WHERE source_id = :canonical OR source_id = ANY(:others)
+                ORDER BY external_post_id, id
+            """),
+            {"canonical": canonical_id, "others": other_ids},
+        ).fetchall()
+        by_epid: dict = {}
+        for epid, post_id, src_id in all_posts:
+            by_epid.setdefault(epid, []).append((post_id, src_id))
+        for _epid, posts in by_epid.items():
+            if len(posts) <= 1:
+                continue
+            # Prefer a Post already under canonical as the keep.
+            canonical_posts = [p for p in posts if p[1] == canonical_id]
+            if canonical_posts:
+                keep_id = canonical_posts[0][0]
+            else:
+                keep_id = posts[0][0]  # already sorted by id ASC
+            drop_ids = [p[0] for p in posts if p[0] != keep_id]
+            for drop_id in drop_ids:
+                # Pre-delete image_provenance rows under drop_ whose
+                # image_record_id ALREADY has a provenance under keep —
+                # the UPDATE below would otherwise repoint them and
+                # trip uq_image_provenance_image_post (alembic 0021)
+                # row-by-row before any after-the-fact dedupe could
+                # run. Operator's v26.05.26.3 deploy 2026-05-26 tripped
+                # this at line 123.
+                conn.execute(
+                    text("""
+                        DELETE FROM image_provenance
+                        WHERE post_id = :drop_
+                          AND image_record_id IN (
+                              SELECT image_record_id FROM image_provenance
+                              WHERE post_id = :keep
+                          )
+                    """),
+                    {"keep": keep_id, "drop_": drop_id},
+                )
+                # Now safe to repoint the survivors.
+                conn.execute(
+                    text("""
+                        UPDATE image_provenance SET post_id = :keep
+                        WHERE post_id = :drop_
+                    """),
+                    {"keep": keep_id, "drop_": drop_id},
+                )
+                conn.execute(
+                    text("""
+                        UPDATE image_record SET primary_post_id = :keep
+                        WHERE primary_post_id = :drop_
+                    """),
+                    {"keep": keep_id, "drop_": drop_id},
+                )
+                conn.execute(
+                    text("DELETE FROM post WHERE id = :drop_"),
+                    {"drop_": drop_id},
+                )
+
+        # STEP 3: Bulk reparent the remaining Posts off the other
+        # Sources. After step 2, no collisions on
+        # (canonical, external_post_id) are possible.
+        conn.execute(
+            text("""
+                UPDATE post SET source_id = :canonical
+                WHERE source_id = ANY(:others)
+            """),
+            {"canonical": canonical_id, "others": other_ids},
+        )
+
+        # STEP 4: Reparent ImageProvenance.source_id (denormalized FK).
+        # No UNIQUE on source_id; safe bulk update.
+        conn.execute(
+            text("""
+                UPDATE image_provenance SET source_id = :canonical
+                WHERE source_id = ANY(:others)
+            """),
+            {"canonical": canonical_id, "others": other_ids},
+        )
+
+        # STEP 5: Drop the orphan Sources.
+        conn.execute(
+            text("DELETE FROM source WHERE id = ANY(:others)"),
+            {"others": other_ids},
+        )
+
+        # If the canonical's URL still looks per-post (no campaign URL
+        # existed among the candidates), rewrite to a synthetic anchor so
+        # the artist detail page renders something readable.
+        canonical_url = conn.execute(
+            text("SELECT url FROM source WHERE id = :id"),
+            {"id": canonical_id},
+        ).scalar_one()
+        if _matches_post_url(canonical_url):
+            slug = conn.execute(
+                text("SELECT slug FROM artist WHERE id = :id"),
+                {"id": artist_id},
+            ).scalar_one()
+            conn.execute(
+                text("""
+                    UPDATE source
+                    SET url = :new_url, enabled = false
+                    WHERE id = :id
+                """),
+                {
+                    "id": canonical_id,
+                    "new_url": f"sidecar:{platform}:{slug}",
+                },
+            )
+
+
+def downgrade() -> None:
+    # Lossy migration — orphan Sources deleted, Posts reparented, Posts
+    # merged. No safe downgrade. If you need to roll back the schema
+    # invariant, fork from 0021 and re-run filesystem imports.
+    pass
+
+
+def _matches_post_url(url: str) -> bool:
+    """True if url ends with /posts/<token> (gallery-dl-style per-post URL)."""
+    import re
+    return bool(re.search(_POST_URL_RE, url or ""))

alembic/versions/0023_drop_meta_rating_tag_kinds.py

@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+"""drop meta + rating tag kinds — operator-retired 2026-05-26
+
+Revision ID: 0023
+Revises: 0022
+Create Date: 2026-05-26
+
+Operator decided meta + rating aren't valid tag kinds for FC. Per-row
+behavior: DELETE existing rows (operator chose "clean break" over
+"convert to general"). All cascading FKs (image_tag, tag_alias,
+tag_allowlist, tag_reference_embedding, tag_suggestion_rejection,
+series_page) use ondelete="CASCADE" so a single DELETE on tag cleans
+the related rows in one go.
+
+After the data cleanup, recreate the tag_kind ENUM without 'meta' /
+'rating' (Postgres has no `ALTER TYPE ... DROP VALUE`; standard
+rename-create-cast-drop dance). The server default 'general' is
+dropped before the type swap and restored after.
+"""
+from typing import Sequence, Union
+
+from alembic import op
+
+revision: str = "0023"
+down_revision: Union[str, None] = "0022"
+branch_labels: Union[str, Sequence[str], None] = None
+depends_on: Union[str, Sequence[str], None] = None
+
+
+def upgrade() -> None:
+    # 1. Delete tags of the retired kinds. CASCADE handles related tables.
+    op.execute("DELETE FROM tag WHERE kind IN ('meta', 'rating')")
+
+    # 2. Drop the CHECK constraint that references the enum's literal
+    #    values. Postgres can't resolve `kind = 'character'` across the
+    #    type swap below — the literal would bind to the new tag_kind
+    #    but the column is on tag_kind_old, producing
+    #    "operator does not exist: tag_kind = tag_kind_old".
+    #    (Operator-hit during the v26.05.26.5 deploy attempt; ck was
+    #    originally added by alembic 0002.) Recreated post-swap.
+    op.drop_constraint(
+        "ck_tag_fandom_requires_character", "tag", type_="check"
+    )
+
+    # 3. Drop the server default — ALTER COLUMN TYPE can't carry it
+    #    across the type swap below.
+    op.execute("ALTER TABLE tag ALTER COLUMN kind DROP DEFAULT")
+
+    # 4. Recreate the tag_kind enum without meta/rating.
+    op.execute("ALTER TYPE tag_kind RENAME TO tag_kind_old")
+    op.execute(
+        "CREATE TYPE tag_kind AS ENUM ("
+        "'artist', 'character', 'fandom', 'general', "
+        "'series', 'archive', 'post'"
+        ")"
+    )
+    op.execute(
+        "ALTER TABLE tag "
+        "ALTER COLUMN kind TYPE tag_kind "
+        "USING kind::text::tag_kind"
+    )
+    op.execute("DROP TYPE tag_kind_old")
+
+    # 5. Restore the server default.
+    op.execute("ALTER TABLE tag ALTER COLUMN kind SET DEFAULT 'general'")
+
+    # 6. Restore the CHECK constraint (now bound to the new tag_kind).
+    op.create_check_constraint(
+        "ck_tag_fandom_requires_character",
+        "tag",
+        "(fandom_id IS NULL) OR (kind = 'character')",
+    )
+
+
+def downgrade() -> None:
+    # Add the values back to the enum so old code can boot. The deleted
+    # tag rows are gone permanently — no safe restore.
+    op.drop_constraint(
+        "ck_tag_fandom_requires_character", "tag", type_="check"
+    )
+    op.execute("ALTER TABLE tag ALTER COLUMN kind DROP DEFAULT")
+    op.execute("ALTER TYPE tag_kind RENAME TO tag_kind_old")
+    op.execute(
+        "CREATE TYPE tag_kind AS ENUM ("
+        "'artist', 'character', 'fandom', 'general', "
+        "'series', 'archive', 'post', 'meta', 'rating'"
+        ")"
+    )
+    op.execute(
+        "ALTER TABLE tag "
+        "ALTER COLUMN kind TYPE tag_kind "
+        "USING kind::text::tag_kind"
+    )
+    op.execute("DROP TYPE tag_kind_old")
+    op.execute("ALTER TABLE tag ALTER COLUMN kind SET DEFAULT 'general'")
+    op.create_check_constraint(
+        "ck_tag_fandom_requires_character",
+        "tag",
+        "(fandom_id IS NULL) OR (kind = 'character')",
+    )

backend/app/__init__.py

@@ -3,13 +3,23 @@
 import logging
 from pathlib import Path
 
-from quart import Quart
+from quart import Quart, request
 
 from .api import all_blueprints
 from .config import get_config
 from .frontend import frontend_bp
 from .services.credential_crypto import CredentialCrypto
 
+# Browser-extension origins. The FabledCurator extension fetches from
+# moz-extension://<uuid>/ on Firefox and chrome-extension://<uuid>/ on
+# Chromium-based browsers. Operator-flagged 2026-05-26: extension's
+# 'Test connection' returned `NetworkError` because the X-Extension-Key
+# header on /api/credentials triggers a CORS preflight that our routes
+# don't handle. Whitelisting only these two schemes (not opening CORS
+# up generally) lets the extension talk to a plain-HTTP self-hosted FC
+# without weakening the no-CORS posture for normal browser usage.
+_EXTENSION_ORIGIN_SCHEMES = ("moz-extension://", "chrome-extension://")
+
 _CREDENTIAL_KEY_PATH = Path("/images/secrets/credential_key.b64")
 
 
@@ -35,6 +45,33 @@ def create_app() -> Quart:
     # Registered last so /api/* routes win over the SPA catch-all.
     app.register_blueprint(frontend_bp)
 
+    @app.before_request
+    async def _extension_cors_preflight():
+        # Short-circuit OPTIONS preflight from the browser extension with a
+        # 204 + CORS headers (the after_request hook below adds them).
+        # Without this, OPTIONS lands on routes that only declared POST/GET
+        # methods and 405s before the after_request gets a chance.
+        if request.method != "OPTIONS":
+            return None
+        origin = request.headers.get("Origin", "")
+        if any(origin.startswith(s) for s in _EXTENSION_ORIGIN_SCHEMES):
+            return "", 204
+        return None
+
+    @app.after_request
+    async def _extension_cors_headers(response):
+        origin = request.headers.get("Origin", "")
+        if any(origin.startswith(s) for s in _EXTENSION_ORIGIN_SCHEMES):
+            response.headers["Access-Control-Allow-Origin"] = origin
+            response.headers["Access-Control-Allow-Methods"] = (
+                "GET, POST, PATCH, DELETE, OPTIONS"
+            )
+            response.headers["Access-Control-Allow-Headers"] = (
+                "Content-Type, X-Extension-Key"
+            )
+            response.headers["Access-Control-Max-Age"] = "86400"
+        return response
+
     @app.after_serving
     async def _dispose_db_engine() -> None:
         from .extensions import dispose_engine

backend/app/api/__init__.py

@@ -14,11 +14,13 @@ api_bp.add_url_rule("/health", view_func=health.get_health, methods=["GET"])
 
 
 def all_blueprints() -> list[Blueprint]:
+    from .admin import admin_bp
     from .aliases import aliases_bp
     from .allowlist import allowlist_bp
     from .artist import artist_bp
     from .artists import artists_bp
     from .attachments import attachments_bp
+    from .cleanup import cleanup_bp
     from .credentials import credentials_bp
     from .downloads import downloads_bp
     from .extension import extension_bp
@@ -33,7 +35,10 @@ def all_blueprints() -> list[Blueprint]:
     from .showcase import showcase_bp
     from .sources import sources_bp
     from .suggestions import suggestions_bp
+    from .system_activity import system_activity_bp
+    from .system_backup import system_backup_bp
     from .tags import tags_bp
+    from .thumbnails import thumbnails_bp
     return [
         api_bp,
         attachments_bp,
@@ -44,12 +49,17 @@ def all_blueprints() -> list[Blueprint]:
         artists_bp,
         showcase_bp,
         settings_bp,
+        system_activity_bp,
+        system_backup_bp,
+        admin_bp,
+        cleanup_bp,
         import_admin_bp,
         migrate_bp,
         suggestions_bp,
         allowlist_bp,
         aliases_bp,
         ml_admin_bp,
+        thumbnails_bp,
         sources_bp,
         platforms_bp,
         posts_bp,

backend/app/api/admin.py

@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+"""FC-3k: /api/admin — destructive admin actions.
+
+Five action surfaces:
+  POST   /api/admin/artists/<slug>/cascade-delete  (Tier C)
+  POST   /api/admin/images/bulk-delete             (Tier C)
+  DELETE /api/admin/tags/<int:tag_id>              (Tier B)
+  POST   /api/admin/tags/<int:dest_id>/merge       (Tier B)
+  POST   /api/admin/tags/prune-unused              (Tier A)
+  GET    /api/admin/tags/<int:tag_id>/usage-count  (helper)
+
+Tier-C ops take a dry_run body flag (returns projection inline,
+no dispatch) and a confirm body field (server-recomputed token).
+Long-running ops dispatch a maintenance-queue Celery task; the UI
+tails FC-3i's /api/system/activity/runs to surface progress.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import hashlib
+
+from quart import Blueprint, jsonify, request
+from sqlalchemy import select
+
+from ..extensions import get_session
+from ..models import Artist
+from ..services.cleanup_service import project_artist_cascade, project_bulk_image_delete
+
+admin_bp = Blueprint("admin", __name__, url_prefix="/api/admin")
+
+
+def _bad(error: str, *, status: int = 400, **extra):
+    body = {"error": error}
+    body.update(extra)
+    return jsonify(body), status
+
+
+def _bulk_image_confirm_token(image_ids: list[int]) -> str:
+    """Stable 8-hex token derived from the sorted id list. Mutates
+    when the selection changes; stays the same across modal opens of
+    the same selection so the operator can paste without confusion."""
+    canon = ",".join(str(i) for i in sorted(image_ids))
+    digest = hashlib.sha256(canon.encode("utf-8")).hexdigest()
+    return digest[:8]
+
+
+@admin_bp.route("/artists/<slug>/cascade-delete", methods=["POST"])
+async def artist_cascade_delete(slug: str):
+    body = await request.get_json(silent=True) or {}
+    dry_run = bool(body.get("dry_run", False))
+    supplied_confirm = body.get("confirm", "")
+
+    async with get_session() as session:
+        artist = (await session.execute(
+            select(Artist).where(Artist.slug == slug)
+        )).scalar_one_or_none()
+        if artist is None:
+            return _bad("not_found", status=404)
+        artist_id = artist.id
+
+        projected = await session.run_sync(
+            lambda sync_sess: project_artist_cascade(sync_sess, slug=slug)
+        )
+
+    if dry_run:
+        return jsonify(projected)
+
+    expected = f"delete-artist-{artist_id}"
+    if supplied_confirm != expected:
+        return _bad(
+            "confirm_mismatch",
+            detail=f"confirm must equal {expected!r}",
+            expected=expected,
+        )
+
+    from ..tasks.admin import delete_artist_cascade_task
+    async_result = delete_artist_cascade_task.delay(artist_id=artist_id)
+    return jsonify({"task_id": async_result.id}), 202
+
+
+@admin_bp.route("/images/bulk-delete", methods=["POST"])
+async def images_bulk_delete():
+    body = await request.get_json(silent=True) or {}
+    image_ids = body.get("image_ids")
+    if not isinstance(image_ids, list) or not image_ids:
+        return _bad("invalid_image_ids", detail="image_ids must be non-empty list of int")
+    try:
+        image_ids = [int(i) for i in image_ids]
+    except (TypeError, ValueError):
+        return _bad("invalid_image_ids", detail="image_ids must contain only ints")
+
+    dry_run = bool(body.get("dry_run", False))
+    supplied_confirm = body.get("confirm", "")
+
+    async with get_session() as session:
+        projected = await session.run_sync(
+            lambda sync_sess: project_bulk_image_delete(
+                sync_sess, image_ids=image_ids,
+            )
+        )
+
+    if dry_run:
+        return jsonify(projected)
+
+    sha8 = _bulk_image_confirm_token(image_ids)
+    expected = f"delete-images-{sha8}"
+    if supplied_confirm != expected:
+        return _bad(
+            "confirm_mismatch",
+            detail=f"confirm must equal {expected!r}",
+            expected=expected,
+        )
+
+    from ..tasks.admin import bulk_delete_images_task
+    async_result = bulk_delete_images_task.delay(image_ids=image_ids)
+    return jsonify({"task_id": async_result.id}), 202
+
+
+@admin_bp.route("/tags/<int:tag_id>", methods=["DELETE"])
+async def tag_delete(tag_id: int):
+    """Tier-B sync delete. UI yes/no modal is the only confirmation."""
+    from ..services.cleanup_service import delete_tag
+
+    async with get_session() as session:
+        try:
+            result = await session.run_sync(
+                lambda sync_sess: delete_tag(sync_sess, tag_id=tag_id)
+            )
+        except LookupError:
+            return _bad("not_found", status=404)
+    return jsonify(result)
+
+
+@admin_bp.route("/tags/<int:dest_id>/merge", methods=["POST"])
+async def tag_merge(dest_id: int):
+    """Wraps TagService.merge. Source repoints to dest, dest survives,
+    source row deleted, protective alias auto-created if source was
+    ML-applied or allowlisted."""
+    from ..services.tag_service import TagMergeConflict, TagService, TagValidationError
+
+    body = await request.get_json(silent=True) or {}
+    source_id = body.get("source_id")
+    if not isinstance(source_id, int) or source_id == dest_id:
+        return _bad("invalid_source_id", detail="source_id must be int and differ from dest")
+
+    async with get_session() as session:
+        try:
+            result = await TagService(session).merge(
+                source_id=source_id, target_id=dest_id,
+            )
+        except TagMergeConflict as exc:
+            return _bad("merge_conflict", status=409, detail=str(exc))
+        except TagValidationError as exc:
+            return _bad("tag_kind_mismatch", detail=str(exc))
+        except LookupError:
+            return _bad("not_found", status=404)
+
+    # MergeResult is a frozen dataclass — flatten to dict.
+    return jsonify({
+        "result": {
+            "target_id": result.target_id,
+            "target_name": result.target_name,
+            "target_kind": result.target_kind,
+            "merged_count": result.merged_count,
+            "alias_created": result.alias_created,
+            "source_deleted": result.source_deleted,
+        },
+    })
+
+
+@admin_bp.route("/tags/<int:tag_id>/usage-count", methods=["GET"])
+async def tag_usage_count(tag_id: int):
+    """Helper for the Tier-B yes/no prompt; surfaces "N associations"
+    in the dialog so the operator knows what they're nuking."""
+    from ..services.cleanup_service import count_tag_associations
+
+    async with get_session() as session:
+        count = await session.run_sync(
+            lambda sync_sess: count_tag_associations(
+                sync_sess, tag_id=tag_id,
+            )
+        )
+    return jsonify({"count": count})
+
+
+@admin_bp.route("/tags/prune-unused", methods=["POST"])
+async def tags_prune_unused():
+    """Tier-A: dry-run preview list IS the prompt. UI calls with
+    dry_run=true first, shows the list, operator clicks button to
+    re-call with dry_run=false."""
+    from ..services.cleanup_service import prune_unused_tags
+
+    body = await request.get_json(silent=True) or {}
+    dry_run = bool(body.get("dry_run", False))
+
+    async with get_session() as session:
+        result = await session.run_sync(
+            lambda sync_sess: prune_unused_tags(
+                sync_sess, dry_run=dry_run,
+            )
+        )
+    return jsonify(result)

backend/app/api/cleanup.py

@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+"""FC-Cleanup: /api/cleanup/* — retroactive enforcement of import filters.
+
+Endpoints:
+  POST /min-dimension/preview     synchronous SQL audit
+  POST /min-dimension/delete      synchronous SQL delete (Tier-C token)
+  POST /audit                      async transparency / single_color start
+  GET  /audit                      list recent audit_run rows
+  GET  /audit/<id>                 single audit_run row
+  POST /audit/<id>/apply           apply matched_ids deletes (Tier-C token)
+  POST /audit/<id>/cancel          flip running audit to cancelled
+
+Unused-tags retroactive prune intentionally NOT in this namespace —
+TagMaintenanceCard (Maintenance tab → moved to Cleanup tab in v26.05.25.7)
+uses the existing /api/admin/tags/prune-unused endpoint via the admin
+store. No duplicate route here.
+
+Confirm-token format matches modal/DestructiveConfirmModal.vue convention:
+  `delete-min-dim-<sha8(w,h)>` for min-dim delete
+  `delete-audit-<id>` for audit apply
+(Modal hardcodes action ∈ {'restore', 'delete'}; "apply audit" is semantically a delete of the matched images, so we use `delete-audit-<id>`.)
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import hashlib
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from quart import Blueprint, jsonify, request
+from sqlalchemy import select
+
+from ..extensions import get_session
+from ..models import LibraryAuditRun
+from ..services import cleanup_service
+
+cleanup_bp = Blueprint("cleanup", __name__, url_prefix="/api/cleanup")
+
+IMAGES_ROOT = Path("/images")
+
+
+def _bad(error: str, *, status: int = 400, **extra):
+    body = {"error": error}
+    body.update(extra)
+    return jsonify(body), status
+
+
+def _min_dim_token(min_w: int, min_h: int) -> str:
+    # SHA-256 (not MD5) — Web Crypto's subtle.digest rejects MD5; both
+    # sides use SHA-256 truncated to 8 hex chars.
+    canon = f"{min_w}x{min_h}"
+    return f"delete-min-dim-{hashlib.sha256(canon.encode()).hexdigest()[:8]}"
+
+
+def _serialize_audit_run(audit: LibraryAuditRun) -> dict:
+    return {
+        "id": audit.id,
+        "rule": audit.rule,
+        "params": audit.params,
+        "status": audit.status,
+        "started_at": audit.started_at.isoformat() if audit.started_at else None,
+        "finished_at": audit.finished_at.isoformat() if audit.finished_at else None,
+        "scanned_count": audit.scanned_count,
+        "matched_count": audit.matched_count,
+        "matched_ids": audit.matched_ids,
+        "error": audit.error,
+    }
+
+
+@cleanup_bp.route("/min-dimension/preview", methods=["POST"])
+async def min_dim_preview():
+    body = await request.get_json(silent=True) or {}
+    try:
+        min_w = int(body.get("min_width", 0))
+        min_h = int(body.get("min_height", 0))
+    except (TypeError, ValueError):
+        return _bad("invalid_dimensions")
+    if min_w < 0 or min_h < 0:
+        return _bad("invalid_dimensions")
+    async with get_session() as session:
+        projection = await session.run_sync(
+            lambda s: cleanup_service.project_min_dimension_violations(
+                s, min_width=min_w, min_height=min_h,
+            )
+        )
+    return jsonify(projection)
+
+
+@cleanup_bp.route("/min-dimension/delete", methods=["POST"])
+async def min_dim_delete():
+    body = await request.get_json(silent=True) or {}
+    try:
+        min_w = int(body.get("min_width", 0))
+        min_h = int(body.get("min_height", 0))
+    except (TypeError, ValueError):
+        return _bad("invalid_dimensions")
+    if min_w < 0 or min_h < 0:
+        return _bad("invalid_dimensions")
+    supplied = body.get("confirm", "")
+    expected = _min_dim_token(min_w, min_h)
+    if supplied != expected:
+        return _bad("confirm_mismatch", expected=expected)
+    async with get_session() as session:
+        deleted = await session.run_sync(
+            lambda s: cleanup_service.delete_min_dimension_violations(
+                s, min_width=min_w, min_height=min_h, images_root=IMAGES_ROOT,
+            )
+        )
+        await session.commit()
+    return jsonify({"deleted": deleted})
+
+
+@cleanup_bp.route("/audit", methods=["POST"])
+async def audit_create():
+    body = await request.get_json(silent=True) or {}
+    rule = body.get("rule")
+    params = body.get("params") or {}
+    if rule not in ("transparency", "single_color"):
+        return _bad("invalid_rule")
+    if not isinstance(params, dict):
+        return _bad("invalid_params")
+    async with get_session() as session:
+        try:
+            audit_id = await session.run_sync(
+                lambda s: cleanup_service.start_audit_run(
+                    s, rule=rule, params=params,
+                )
+            )
+        except cleanup_service.AuditAlreadyRunning as running_id:
+            return _bad(
+                "audit_already_running", status=409,
+                running_id=int(str(running_id)),
+            )
+        except ValueError as exc:
+            return _bad(str(exc))
+        await session.commit()
+    return jsonify({"audit_id": audit_id, "status": "running"}), 202
+
+
+@cleanup_bp.route("/audit/<int:audit_id>", methods=["GET"])
+async def audit_get(audit_id: int):
+    async with get_session() as session:
+        audit = (await session.execute(
+            select(LibraryAuditRun).where(LibraryAuditRun.id == audit_id)
+        )).scalar_one_or_none()
+        if audit is None:
+            return _bad("not_found", status=404)
+        return jsonify(_serialize_audit_run(audit))
+
+
+@cleanup_bp.route("/audit", methods=["GET"])
+async def audit_history():
+    try:
+        limit = min(int(request.args.get("limit", "20")), 100)
+    except ValueError:
+        return _bad("invalid_limit")
+    async with get_session() as session:
+        rows = (await session.execute(
+            select(LibraryAuditRun)
+            .order_by(LibraryAuditRun.id.desc())
+            .limit(limit)
+        )).scalars().all()
+        return jsonify({"runs": [_serialize_audit_run(r) for r in rows]})
+
+
+@cleanup_bp.route("/audit/<int:audit_id>/apply", methods=["POST"])
+async def audit_apply(audit_id: int):
+    body = await request.get_json(silent=True) or {}
+    confirm = body.get("confirm", "")
+    async with get_session() as session:
+        try:
+            deleted = await session.run_sync(
+                lambda s: cleanup_service.apply_audit_run(
+                    s, audit_id=audit_id, confirm_token=confirm,
+                    images_root=IMAGES_ROOT,
+                )
+            )
+        except cleanup_service.AuditNotReady as exc:
+            return _bad("audit_not_ready", current_status=str(exc))
+        except cleanup_service.ConfirmTokenMismatch as exc:
+            return _bad("confirm_mismatch", expected=str(exc))
+        except ValueError as exc:
+            return _bad("not_found", status=404, detail=str(exc))
+        await session.commit()
+    return jsonify({"deleted": deleted})
+
+
+@cleanup_bp.route("/audit/<int:audit_id>/cancel", methods=["POST"])
+async def audit_cancel(audit_id: int):
+    async with get_session() as session:
+        await session.run_sync(
+            lambda s: cleanup_service.cancel_audit_run(s, audit_id=audit_id)
+        )
+        await session.commit()
+    return jsonify({"cancelled": True})

backend/app/api/extension.py

@@ -93,10 +93,20 @@ def _read_manifest_sync() -> dict | None:
     asyncio.to_thread (ASYNC240: no pathlib I/O in async functions)."""
     if not XPI_DIR.is_dir():
         return None
-    xpis = sorted(XPI_DIR.glob("fabledcurator-*.xpi"), key=lambda p: p.stat().st_mtime)
+    # Exclude the `fabledcurator-latest.xpi` alias when picking the file to
-    if not xpis:
+    # extract a version from — it's a copy of the latest versioned XPI,
+    # written at the same mtime by build.yml, and would otherwise tie or
+    # win the sort (operator-flagged 2026-05-26: UI displayed "v latest"
+    # because `_extract_version("fabledcurator-latest.xpi")` returns
+    # the literal "latest"). The alias still serves as `latest_url`.
+    versioned = [
+        p for p in XPI_DIR.glob("fabledcurator-*.xpi")
+        if p.name != "fabledcurator-latest.xpi"
+    ]
+    if not versioned:
         return None
-    latest = xpis[-1]
+    versioned.sort(key=lambda p: p.stat().st_mtime)
+    latest = versioned[-1]
     return {
         "installed": True,
         "version": _extract_version(latest.name),

backend/app/api/gallery.py

@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ async def scroll():
                     "width": i.width,
                     "height": i.height,
                     "created_at": i.created_at.isoformat(),
+                    "posted_at": i.posted_at.isoformat() if i.posted_at else None,
+                    "effective_date": i.effective_date.isoformat(),
                     "thumbnail_url": i.thumbnail_url,
                     "artist": i.artist,
                 }

backend/app/api/import_admin.py

@@ -47,10 +47,13 @@ async def status():
         if active:
             payload["active_batch"] = {
                 "id": active.id,
+                "source_path": active.source_path,
+                "scan_mode": active.scan_mode,
                 "total_files": active.total_files,
                 "imported": active.imported,
                 "skipped": active.skipped,
                 "failed": active.failed,
+                "refreshed": active.refreshed,
                 "started_at": active.started_at.isoformat(),
             }
         return jsonify(payload)
@@ -100,17 +103,22 @@ async def list_tasks():
 
 @import_admin_bp.route("/retry-failed", methods=["POST"])
 async def retry_failed():
+    # Fold SELECT into UPDATE…WHERE…RETURNING — the prior SELECT-then-
+    # UPDATE-WHERE-id-IN pattern blew past psycopg's 65535-parameter
+    # ceiling once failed_ids exceeded ~65k rows.
     async with get_session() as session:
-        failed_ids = (
+        result = await session.execute(
-            await session.execute(select(ImportTask.id).where(ImportTask.status == "failed"))
+            update(ImportTask)
-        ).scalars().all()
+            .where(ImportTask.status == "failed")
+            .values(
+                status="queued", error=None,
+                started_at=None, finished_at=None,
+            )
+            .returning(ImportTask.id)
+        )
+        failed_ids = [row[0] for row in result.all()]
         if not failed_ids:
             return jsonify({"retried": 0})
-        await session.execute(
-            update(ImportTask)
-            .where(ImportTask.id.in_(failed_ids))
-            .values(status="queued", error=None, started_at=None, finished_at=None)
-        )
         await session.commit()
 
     from ..tasks.import_file import import_media_file
@@ -120,6 +128,81 @@ async def retry_failed():
     return jsonify({"retried": len(failed_ids)})
 
 
+@import_admin_bp.route("/clear-stuck", methods=["POST"])
+async def clear_stuck():
+    """Force any non-terminal ImportTask (status in pending/queued/
+    processing) to 'failed' AND finalize any ImportBatch that ends up
+    with no active children. Escape hatch for the operator when the
+    automatic recover_interrupted_tasks sweep keeps re-queueing the
+    same stuck row forever (e.g., underlying file is genuinely broken
+    and the import keeps OSError-looping at PIL load).
+
+    Idempotent + non-destructive: rows survive as 'failed' so the
+    Retry-Failed button can re-attempt them once whatever was broken
+    is fixed. Banked 2026-05-25 — operator hit 3 large PNGs that
+    autoretry-looped for 2 days after a corrupt-data PIL OSError.
+    """
+    async with get_session() as session:
+        # Fold SELECT into UPDATE…WHERE — see /retry-failed for the
+        # 65535-parameter ceiling rationale. rowcount is enough here
+        # because we don't need the ids afterward (no .delay()).
+        clear_result = await session.execute(
+            update(ImportTask)
+            .where(
+                ImportTask.status.in_(["pending", "queued", "processing"])
+            )
+            .values(
+                status="failed",
+                finished_at=datetime.now(UTC),
+                error=(
+                    "manually cleared via /api/import/clear-stuck "
+                    "— stuck in non-terminal state; retry once "
+                    "underlying cause (corrupt file, missing model, "
+                    "etc.) is resolved"
+                ),
+            )
+        )
+        tasks_failed = clear_result.rowcount or 0
+
+        # Finalize any 'running' ImportBatch that no longer has any
+        # active children. The "Scanning..." banner is driven by
+        # /api/import/status finding a running batch; left untouched,
+        # it would persist forever after the stuck-task clear.
+        running_batches = (
+            await session.execute(
+                select(ImportBatch.id).where(ImportBatch.status == "running")
+            )
+        ).scalars().all()
+        finalized_batches = 0
+        for batch_id in running_batches:
+            still_active = (
+                await session.execute(
+                    select(ImportTask.id)
+                    .where(ImportTask.batch_id == batch_id)
+                    .where(ImportTask.status.in_(
+                        ["pending", "queued", "processing"]
+                    ))
+                    .limit(1)
+                )
+            ).scalar_one_or_none()
+            if still_active is None:
+                await session.execute(
+                    update(ImportBatch)
+                    .where(ImportBatch.id == batch_id)
+                    .values(
+                        status="complete",
+                        finished_at=datetime.now(UTC),
+                    )
+                )
+                finalized_batches += 1
+        await session.commit()
+
+    return jsonify({
+        "tasks_failed": tasks_failed,
+        "batches_finalized": finalized_batches,
+    })
+
+
 @import_admin_bp.route("/clear-completed", methods=["POST"])
 async def clear_completed():
     body = await request.get_json(silent=True) or {}

backend/app/api/migrate.py

@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 """FC-5: /api/migrate — trigger and poll migration runs.
 
 Ingest kinds (gs_ingest, ir_ingest) accept multipart/form-data with an
-`export_file` field. All other kinds accept JSON. Apply-without-backup
+`export_file` field. All other kinds accept JSON. Backup + rollback
-guard rejects non-dry-run ingests unless a pre_migration-tagged backup
+were retired in FC-3h (2026-05-24); use /api/system/backup/* instead.
-exists in the last 24h (override with body.force=true).
 """
 
 import json
-from datetime import UTC, datetime, timedelta
-from pathlib import Path
 
 from quart import Blueprint, jsonify, request
 from sqlalchemy import select
@@ -19,12 +16,12 @@ from ..tasks.migration import run_migration
 
 migrate_bp = Blueprint("migrate", __name__, url_prefix="/api/migrate")
 
+# 'backup' + 'rollback' retired 2026-05-24 (FC-3h); see /api/system/backup/*.
 _VALID_KINDS = frozenset({
-    "backup", "gs_ingest", "ir_ingest", "tag_apply",
+    "gs_ingest", "ir_ingest", "tag_apply",
-    "ml_queue", "verify", "rollback", "cleanup",
+    "ml_queue", "verify", "cleanup",
 })
 _INGEST_KINDS = frozenset({"gs_ingest", "ir_ingest"})
-_APPLY_KINDS = frozenset({"gs_ingest", "ir_ingest", "tag_apply", "rollback", "cleanup"})
 
 
 def _bad(error: str, *, status: int = 400, **extra):
@@ -33,19 +30,6 @@ def _bad(error: str, *, status: int = 400, **extra):
     return jsonify(body), status
 
 
-def _has_recent_pre_migration_backup() -> bool:
-    from ..services.migrators import backup as backup_mod
-    images_root = Path("/images")
-    manifest = backup_mod.find_latest_backup(images_root, tag="pre_migration")
-    if manifest is None:
-        return False
-    created_at_str = manifest.get("created_at")
-    if not created_at_str:
-        return False
-    created_at = datetime.fromisoformat(created_at_str)
-    return (datetime.now(UTC) - created_at) < timedelta(hours=24)
-
-
 def _run_to_dict(run: MigrationRun) -> dict:
     return {
         "id": run.id,
@@ -78,7 +62,6 @@ async def create_run(kind: str):
         except (UnicodeDecodeError, json.JSONDecodeError) as exc:
             return _bad("invalid_export_file", detail=str(exc))
         dry_run = str(form.get("dry_run", "false")).lower() in ("true", "1", "yes")
-        force = str(form.get("force", "false")).lower() in ("true", "1", "yes")
         params: dict = {"data": data, "dry_run": dry_run}
     else:
         body = await request.get_json()
@@ -87,20 +70,8 @@ async def create_run(kind: str):
         if not isinstance(body, dict):
             return _bad("invalid_body")
         dry_run = bool(body.get("dry_run", False))
-        force = bool(body.get("force", False))
         params = dict(body)
 
-    is_apply = (kind in _APPLY_KINDS) and not dry_run
-    if is_apply and not force and not _has_recent_pre_migration_backup():
-        return _bad(
-            "no_backup",
-            detail="apply action requires a pre_migration-tagged backup "
-                   "in the last 24h (or force=true).",
-        )
-
-    if kind == "backup":
-        params.setdefault("tag", "pre_migration")
-
     async with get_session() as session:
         run = MigrationRun(kind=kind, status="pending", dry_run=dry_run)
         session.add(run)

backend/app/api/system_activity.py

@@ -0,0 +1,209 @@
+"""FC-3i: system activity dashboard endpoints.
+
+Read-only. Combines Redis-broker queue depths (LLEN per queue),
+Celery worker introspection (celery inspect), and the task_run DB
+history into the surfaces the SystemActivityTab UI consumes.
+
+All filesystem/sync-client work goes through asyncio.to_thread per
+ASYNC230/240 (mirrors backend.app.api.extension's pattern).
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+import time
+from datetime import UTC, datetime, timedelta
+
+from quart import Blueprint, jsonify, request
+from sqlalchemy import desc, func, select
+
+from ..config import get_config
+from ..extensions import get_session
+from ..models import TaskRun
+
+system_activity_bp = Blueprint(
+    "system_activity", __name__, url_prefix="/api/system/activity",
+)
+
+# Canonical queue order — must match celery_app.task_routes. UI renders
+# in this order; queues with no LLEN response show as null rather than
+# absent.
+_QUEUE_NAMES = (
+    "default", "import", "thumbnail", "ml",
+    "download", "scan", "maintenance",
+)
+
+# Cache module-level so all requests share the cache between polls.
+# Tests can reset via direct dict mutation if needed.
+_QUEUE_CACHE: dict = {"ts": 0.0, "data": None}
+_WORKER_CACHE: dict = {"ts": 0.0, "data": None}
+_QUEUE_CACHE_TTL = 2.0
+_WORKER_CACHE_TTL = 5.0
+
+
+def _read_queues_sync() -> dict:
+    """Reads each queue's LLEN from the broker. Sync — caller wraps in
+    asyncio.to_thread. Per-queue try/except returns None on failure so
+    one bad queue doesn't break the whole response."""
+    import redis  # local import; only this endpoint needs it
+
+    cfg = get_config()
+    client = redis.Redis.from_url(cfg.celery_broker_url)
+    out: dict = {}
+    for name in _QUEUE_NAMES:
+        try:
+            out[name] = int(client.llen(name))
+        except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001 — broker hiccup shouldn't break UI
+            out[name] = None
+    return {
+        "queues": out,
+        "fetched_at": datetime.now(UTC).isoformat(),
+    }
+
+
+def _read_workers_sync() -> dict:
+    """celery inspect active_queues + active. Returns per-worker info."""
+    from ..celery_app import celery as celery_app
+
+    insp = celery_app.control.inspect(timeout=2.0)
+    active_queues = insp.active_queues() or {}
+    active_tasks = insp.active() or {}
+
+    workers: dict = {}
+    for hostname, queues in active_queues.items():
+        workers[hostname] = {
+            "queues": sorted({q["name"] for q in queues}),
+            "active_count": len(active_tasks.get(hostname, [])),
+        }
+    return {
+        "workers": workers,
+        "fetched_at": datetime.now(UTC).isoformat(),
+    }
+
+
+@system_activity_bp.route("/queues", methods=["GET"])
+async def get_queues():
+    """Per-queue Redis LLEN. Cached 2s.
+
+    Response: {queues: {name: depth_or_null}, fetched_at: iso8601}
+    """
+    now = time.time()
+    if _QUEUE_CACHE["data"] is None or (now - _QUEUE_CACHE["ts"]) > _QUEUE_CACHE_TTL:
+        _QUEUE_CACHE["data"] = await asyncio.to_thread(_read_queues_sync)
+        _QUEUE_CACHE["ts"] = now
+    return jsonify(_QUEUE_CACHE["data"])
+
+
+@system_activity_bp.route("/workers", methods=["GET"])
+async def get_workers():
+    """Live celery inspect. Cached 5s.
+
+    Response: {workers: {hostname: {queues, active_count}}, fetched_at}
+    """
+    now = time.time()
+    if _WORKER_CACHE["data"] is None or (now - _WORKER_CACHE["ts"]) > _WORKER_CACHE_TTL:
+        _WORKER_CACHE["data"] = await asyncio.to_thread(_read_workers_sync)
+        _WORKER_CACHE["ts"] = now
+    return jsonify(_WORKER_CACHE["data"])
+
+
+@system_activity_bp.route("/runs", methods=["GET"])
+async def list_runs():
+    """Paginated task_run history. Query params:
+      queue=<name>     filter to one queue
+      status=<status>  filter to one status (running/ok/error/timeout/retry)
+      limit=<int>      default 50, max 200
+      before_id=<int>  cursor for keyset pagination
+
+    Response: {runs: [...], next_cursor: id|null}
+    """
+    try:
+        limit = min(int(request.args.get("limit", "50")), 200)
+    except ValueError:
+        return jsonify({"error": "invalid_limit"}), 400
+    if limit < 1:
+        return jsonify({"error": "invalid_limit"}), 400
+
+    queue = request.args.get("queue")
+    status = request.args.get("status")
+    before_id_raw = request.args.get("before_id")
+    before_id = int(before_id_raw) if before_id_raw else None
+
+    async with get_session() as session:
+        stmt = select(TaskRun).order_by(desc(TaskRun.id))
+        if queue:
+            stmt = stmt.where(TaskRun.queue == queue)
+        if status:
+            stmt = stmt.where(TaskRun.status == status)
+        if before_id is not None:
+            stmt = stmt.where(TaskRun.id < before_id)
+        stmt = stmt.limit(limit + 1)
+        rows = (await session.execute(stmt)).scalars().all()
+
+    has_more = len(rows) > limit
+    rows = rows[:limit]
+    return jsonify({
+        "runs": [_row_to_dict(r) for r in rows],
+        "next_cursor": rows[-1].id if has_more and rows else None,
+    })
+
+
+@system_activity_bp.route("/failures", methods=["GET"])
+async def list_failures():
+    """Recent failures across all lanes (24h window).
+
+    Response: {recent: [...], count_by_type: {ErrorClass: n}, since}
+    """
+    try:
+        limit = min(int(request.args.get("limit", "50")), 200)
+    except ValueError:
+        return jsonify({"error": "invalid_limit"}), 400
+
+    since = datetime.now(UTC) - timedelta(hours=24)
+
+    async with get_session() as session:
+        recent_stmt = (
+            select(TaskRun)
+            .where(TaskRun.status.in_(["error", "timeout"]))
+            .where(TaskRun.finished_at >= since)
+            .order_by(desc(TaskRun.finished_at))
+            .limit(limit)
+        )
+        recent = (await session.execute(recent_stmt)).scalars().all()
+
+        count_stmt = (
+            select(TaskRun.error_type, func.count(TaskRun.id))
+            .where(TaskRun.status.in_(["error", "timeout"]))
+            .where(TaskRun.finished_at >= since)
+            .group_by(TaskRun.error_type)
+            .order_by(desc(func.count(TaskRun.id)))
+        )
+        counts = (await session.execute(count_stmt)).all()
+
+    return jsonify({
+        "recent": [_row_to_dict(r) for r in recent],
+        "count_by_type": {
+            (row[0] or "Unknown"): row[1]
+            for row in counts
+        },
+        "since": since.isoformat(),
+    })
+
+
+def _row_to_dict(r: TaskRun) -> dict:
+    return {
+        "id": r.id,
+        "queue": r.queue,
+        "task_name": r.task_name,
+        "target_id": r.target_id,
+        "celery_task_id": r.celery_task_id,
+        "started_at": r.started_at.isoformat() if r.started_at else None,
+        "finished_at": r.finished_at.isoformat() if r.finished_at else None,
+        "duration_ms": r.duration_ms,
+        "status": r.status,
+        "error_type": r.error_type,
+        "error_message": r.error_message,
+        "retry_count": r.retry_count,
+        "worker_hostname": r.worker_hostname,
+        "args_summary": r.args_summary,
+    }

backend/app/api/system_backup.py

@@ -0,0 +1,264 @@
+"""FC-3h: /api/system/backup — create/list/restore/delete/tag for
+DB + image backups.
+
+Read endpoints are public on FC (operator-facing internal API; same
+posture as /api/system/activity). Write endpoints take a typed
+`confirm` body field that must match a server-generated token for
+that backup row, to prevent click-to-destroy by stale browser tabs
+or accidental cURL.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from quart import Blueprint, jsonify, request
+from sqlalchemy import desc, select
+
+from ..extensions import get_session
+from ..models import BackupRun, ImportSettings
+
+system_backup_bp = Blueprint(
+    "system_backup", __name__, url_prefix="/api/system/backup",
+)
+
+_KINDS = frozenset({"db", "images"})
+_TAG_MAX_LEN = 64
+_BACKUP_SETTINGS_FIELDS = (
+    "backup_db_nightly_enabled",
+    "backup_db_nightly_hour_utc",
+    "backup_db_keep_last_n",
+    "backup_images_keep_last_n",
+)
+
+
+def _bad(error: str, *, status: int = 400, **extra):
+    body = {"error": error}
+    body.update(extra)
+    return jsonify(body), status
+
+
+def _row_to_dict(r: BackupRun) -> dict:
+    return {
+        "id": r.id,
+        "kind": r.kind,
+        "status": r.status,
+        "tag": r.tag,
+        "triggered_by": r.triggered_by,
+        "started_at": r.started_at.isoformat() if r.started_at else None,
+        "finished_at": r.finished_at.isoformat() if r.finished_at else None,
+        "duration_seconds": (
+            int((r.finished_at - r.started_at).total_seconds())
+            if r.finished_at and r.started_at else None
+        ),
+        "sql_path": r.sql_path,
+        "tar_path": r.tar_path,
+        "size_bytes": r.size_bytes,
+        "error": r.error,
+        "restored_from_id": r.restored_from_id,
+        "manifest": r.manifest or {},
+    }
+
+
+def _validate_tag(tag):
+    if tag is None:
+        return None
+    if not isinstance(tag, str):
+        return _bad("invalid_tag", detail="tag must be string or null")
+    tag = tag.strip()
+    if not tag:
+        return None
+    if len(tag) > _TAG_MAX_LEN:
+        return _bad("invalid_tag", detail=f"tag too long (max {_TAG_MAX_LEN})")
+    return tag
+
+
+def _validate_backup_settings_patch(body: dict):
+    if "backup_db_nightly_enabled" in body and not isinstance(
+        body["backup_db_nightly_enabled"], bool,
+    ):
+        return _bad("invalid_value", detail="backup_db_nightly_enabled must be bool")
+    if "backup_db_nightly_hour_utc" in body:
+        v = body["backup_db_nightly_hour_utc"]
+        if not isinstance(v, int) or isinstance(v, bool) or not (0 <= v <= 23):
+            return _bad("invalid_value", detail="backup_db_nightly_hour_utc must be 0..23")
+    if "backup_db_keep_last_n" in body:
+        v = body["backup_db_keep_last_n"]
+        if not isinstance(v, int) or isinstance(v, bool) or not (1 <= v <= 365):
+            return _bad("invalid_value", detail="backup_db_keep_last_n must be 1..365")
+    if "backup_images_keep_last_n" in body:
+        v = body["backup_images_keep_last_n"]
+        if not isinstance(v, int) or isinstance(v, bool) or not (1 <= v <= 100):
+            return _bad("invalid_value", detail="backup_images_keep_last_n must be 1..100")
+    return None
+
+
+@system_backup_bp.route("/db", methods=["POST"])
+async def trigger_db_backup():
+    body = await request.get_json(silent=True) or {}
+    tag = _validate_tag(body.get("tag"))
+    if isinstance(tag, tuple):
+        return tag
+    from ..tasks.backup import backup_db_task
+    backup_db_task.delay(tag=tag, triggered_by="manual")
+    return jsonify({"status": "dispatched"}), 202
+
+
+@system_backup_bp.route("/images", methods=["POST"])
+async def trigger_images_backup():
+    body = await request.get_json(silent=True) or {}
+    tag = _validate_tag(body.get("tag"))
+    if isinstance(tag, tuple):
+        return tag
+    from ..tasks.backup import backup_images_task
+    backup_images_task.delay(tag=tag, triggered_by="manual")
+    return jsonify({"status": "dispatched"}), 202
+
+
+@system_backup_bp.route("/runs", methods=["GET"])
+async def list_runs():
+    try:
+        limit = min(int(request.args.get("limit", "50")), 200)
+    except ValueError:
+        return _bad("invalid_limit")
+    if limit < 1:
+        return _bad("invalid_limit")
+    kind = request.args.get("kind")
+    if kind is not None and kind not in _KINDS:
+        return _bad("invalid_kind", detail=f"kind must be one of {sorted(_KINDS)}")
+    before_id_raw = request.args.get("before_id")
+    before_id = int(before_id_raw) if before_id_raw else None
+
+    async with get_session() as session:
+        stmt = select(BackupRun).order_by(desc(BackupRun.id))
+        if kind:
+            stmt = stmt.where(BackupRun.kind == kind)
+        if before_id is not None:
+            stmt = stmt.where(BackupRun.id < before_id)
+        stmt = stmt.limit(limit + 1)
+        rows = (await session.execute(stmt)).scalars().all()
+
+    has_more = len(rows) > limit
+    rows = rows[:limit]
+    return jsonify({
+        "runs": [_row_to_dict(r) for r in rows],
+        "next_cursor": rows[-1].id if has_more and rows else None,
+    })
+
+
+@system_backup_bp.route("/runs/<int:run_id>", methods=["GET"])
+async def get_run(run_id: int):
+    async with get_session() as session:
+        row = await session.get(BackupRun, run_id)
+    if row is None:
+        return _bad("not_found", status=404)
+    return jsonify(_row_to_dict(row))
+
+
+@system_backup_bp.route("/runs/<int:run_id>", methods=["PATCH"])
+async def patch_run(run_id: int):
+    body = await request.get_json(silent=True) or {}
+    if "tag" not in body:
+        return _bad("invalid_body", detail="tag required")
+    tag = _validate_tag(body["tag"])
+    if isinstance(tag, tuple):
+        return tag
+
+    async with get_session() as session:
+        row = await session.get(BackupRun, run_id)
+        if row is None:
+            return _bad("not_found", status=404)
+        row.tag = tag
+        await session.commit()
+        await session.refresh(row)
+    return jsonify(_row_to_dict(row))
+
+
+@system_backup_bp.route("/runs/<int:run_id>/restore", methods=["POST"])
+async def trigger_restore(run_id: int):
+    body = await request.get_json(silent=True) or {}
+    supplied = body.get("confirm", "")
+
+    async with get_session() as session:
+        row = await session.get(BackupRun, run_id)
+        if row is None:
+            return _bad("not_found", status=404)
+        if row.status != "ok":
+            return _bad(
+                "not_restorable",
+                detail=f"source backup status={row.status!r}; only 'ok' rows are restorable",
+            )
+        expected = f"restore-{row.kind}-{row.id}"
+        if supplied != expected:
+            return _bad(
+                "confirm_mismatch",
+                detail=f"confirm must equal {expected!r}",
+                expected=expected,
+            )
+        kind = row.kind
+
+    if kind == "db":
+        from ..tasks.backup import restore_db_task
+        restore_db_task.delay(source_backup_run_id=run_id)
+    else:  # 'images' (the only other value _KINDS allows via the trigger path)
+        from ..tasks.backup import restore_images_task
+        restore_images_task.delay(source_backup_run_id=run_id)
+    return jsonify({"status": "dispatched", "kind": kind}), 202
+
+
+@system_backup_bp.route("/runs/<int:run_id>", methods=["DELETE"])
+async def delete_run(run_id: int):
+    body = await request.get_json(silent=True) or {}
+    supplied = body.get("confirm", "")
+
+    async with get_session() as session:
+        row = await session.get(BackupRun, run_id)
+        if row is None:
+            return _bad("not_found", status=404)
+        expected = f"delete-{row.kind}-{row.id}"
+        if supplied != expected:
+            return _bad(
+                "confirm_mismatch",
+                detail=f"confirm must equal {expected!r}",
+                expected=expected,
+            )
+        from ..services import backup_service
+        backup_service.unlink_artifact_files(
+            sql_path=row.sql_path, tar_path=row.tar_path,
+            manifest_path=(row.manifest or {}).get("manifest_path"),
+        )
+        await session.delete(row)
+        await session.commit()
+    return "", 204
+
+
+@system_backup_bp.route("/settings", methods=["GET"])
+async def get_settings():
+    async with get_session() as session:
+        row = (await session.execute(
+            select(ImportSettings).where(ImportSettings.id == 1)
+        )).scalar_one()
+    return jsonify({
+        "backup_db_nightly_enabled": row.backup_db_nightly_enabled,
+        "backup_db_nightly_hour_utc": row.backup_db_nightly_hour_utc,
+        "backup_db_keep_last_n": row.backup_db_keep_last_n,
+        "backup_images_keep_last_n": row.backup_images_keep_last_n,
+    })
+
+
+@system_backup_bp.route("/settings", methods=["PATCH"])
+async def patch_settings():
+    body = await request.get_json(silent=True)
+    if not isinstance(body, dict):
+        return _bad("invalid_body", detail="body must be a JSON object")
+
+    err = _validate_backup_settings_patch(body)
+    if err is not None:
+        return err
+
+    async with get_session() as session:
+        row = (await session.execute(
+            select(ImportSettings).where(ImportSettings.id == 1)
+        )).scalar_one()
+        for field in _BACKUP_SETTINGS_FIELDS:
+            if field in body:
+                setattr(row, field, body[field])
+        await session.commit()
+    return await get_settings()

backend/app/api/tags.py

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from ..services.tag_service import (
     TagService,
     TagValidationError,
 )
+from ..utils.tag_prefix import parse_kind_prefix
 
 tags_bp = Blueprint("tags", __name__, url_prefix="/api")
 
@@ -105,13 +106,39 @@ async def directory():
 
 @tags_bp.route("/tags", methods=["POST"])
 async def create_tag():
+    """Create a tag. Two input shapes accepted:
+      1. Explicit: {name, kind, fandom_id?} — caller already split, kind wins.
+      2. IR-suffix: {name} where name = "kind:Name" (e.g. "artist:Eric").
+         The server runs parse_kind_prefix(name) to derive kind; the colon
+         and prefix are stripped from the stored tag name. If no recognized
+         prefix is present, the kind defaults to `general`.
+    Explicit kind ALWAYS wins (backward-compat for existing callers).
+    """
     body = await request.get_json()
-    if not body or "name" not in body or "kind" not in body:
+    if not body or "name" not in body:
-        return jsonify({"error": "name and kind required"}), 400
+        return jsonify({"error": "name required"}), 400
     name = body["name"]
-    kind = _coerce_kind(body["kind"])
+    explicit_kind_raw = body.get("kind")
-    if kind is None:
+
-        return jsonify({"error": f"invalid kind {body['kind']!r}"}), 400
+    if explicit_kind_raw is not None:
+        # Caller provided kind — honor it; don't re-parse.
+        kind = _coerce_kind(explicit_kind_raw)
+        if kind is None:
+            return jsonify({"error": f"invalid kind {explicit_kind_raw!r}"}), 400
+    else:
+        # IR-style: parse "kind:Name" from the raw name.
+        parsed_kind, parsed_name = parse_kind_prefix(name)
+        if parsed_kind is not None:
+            name = parsed_name
+            kind = _coerce_kind(parsed_kind)
+            # parse_kind_prefix only returns kinds from KNOWN_KINDS which
+            # are all valid TagKind members, so _coerce_kind can't return
+            # None here — but defensive.
+            if kind is None:
+                return jsonify({"error": f"invalid kind {parsed_kind!r}"}), 400
+        else:
+            kind = TagKind.general
+
     fandom_id = body.get("fandom_id")
 
     async with get_session() as session:

backend/app/api/thumbnails.py

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+"""Thumbnail admin API: backfill trigger."""
+
+from quart import Blueprint, jsonify
+
+thumbnails_bp = Blueprint("thumbnails", __name__, url_prefix="/api/thumbnails")
+
+
+@thumbnails_bp.route("/backfill", methods=["POST"])
+async def trigger_backfill():
+    from ..tasks.thumbnail import backfill_thumbnails
+
+    r = backfill_thumbnails.delay()
+    return jsonify({"celery_task_id": r.id}), 202

backend/app/celery_app.py

@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ def make_celery() -> Celery:
             "backend.app.tasks.migration",
             "backend.app.tasks.ml",
             "backend.app.tasks.download",
+            "backend.app.tasks.backup",
+            "backend.app.tasks.admin",
+            "backend.app.tasks.library_audit",
         ],
     )
     app.conf.update(
@@ -43,6 +46,9 @@ def make_celery() -> Celery:
             "backend.app.tasks.scan.*": {"queue": "scan"},
             "backend.app.tasks.maintenance.*": {"queue": "maintenance"},
             "backend.app.tasks.migration.*": {"queue": "maintenance"},
+            "backend.app.tasks.backup.*": {"queue": "maintenance"},
+            "backend.app.tasks.admin.*": {"queue": "maintenance"},
+            "backend.app.tasks.library_audit.*": {"queue": "maintenance"},
         },
         # Heavy ML tasks need fair dispatch — see ImageRepo's precedent.
         task_acks_late=True,
@@ -81,9 +87,28 @@ def make_celery() -> Celery:
                 "task": "backend.app.tasks.maintenance.cleanup_old_download_events",
                 "schedule": 86400.0,  # daily
             },
+            "recover-stalled-task-runs": {
+                "task": "backend.app.tasks.maintenance.recover_stalled_task_runs",
+                "schedule": 300.0,  # every 5 min, matches recover-interrupted-tasks
+            },
+            "prune-task-runs": {
+                "task": "backend.app.tasks.maintenance.prune_task_runs",
+                "schedule": 86400.0,  # daily
+            },
+            "fc3h-backup-db-nightly": {
+                "task": "backend.app.tasks.backup.backup_db_nightly",
+                "schedule": 3600.0,  # hourly tick; task self-gates on configured UTC hour
+            },
+            "fc3h-prune-backups": {
+                "task": "backend.app.tasks.backup.prune_backups",
+                "schedule": 86400.0,  # daily
+            },
         },
         timezone="UTC",
     )
+    # FC-3i: register task_run signal handlers (side-effect import).
+    from . import celery_signals  # noqa: F401
+
     return app
 
 

backend/app/celery_signals.py

@@ -0,0 +1,210 @@
+"""FC-3i: task_run lifecycle via Celery signals.
+
+Subscribes to task_prerun / task_postrun / task_failure / task_retry
+and persists one task_run row per task attempt. Drop-in for every
+existing and future Celery task — no per-task instrumentation.
+
+Signal handlers run inside the worker process (sync context); DB
+writes go through the existing shared sync engine
+(backend.app.tasks._sync_engine.sync_session_factory) — one engine
+per worker process, not per-task, so we don't blow Postgres
+max_connections under load (the reason FC-3g shared-engine fix
+existed).
+
+Failure-mode discipline (operator-pressed point): every handler is
+wrapped in try/except that swallows + logs. If the DB is down or the
+handler has a bug, the real task still runs — the dashboard goes
+dark for that interval. Monitoring NEVER breaks the thing it's
+monitoring.
+"""
+
+import logging
+from datetime import UTC, datetime
+
+from celery.exceptions import SoftTimeLimitExceeded
+from celery.signals import task_failure, task_postrun, task_prerun, task_retry
+
+from .models import TaskRun
+from .tasks._sync_engine import sync_session_factory
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+# Celery-internal tasks that would generate dashboard noise without
+# operational value. Conservative list; extend only when a specific
+# task proves noisy.
+_UNTRACKED_TASK_NAMES = frozenset({
+    "celery.chord_unlock",
+    "celery.backend_cleanup",
+    "celery.chunks",
+})
+
+_MAX_ERROR_MESSAGE_LEN = 2000
+_MAX_ARGS_SUMMARY_LEN = 255
+_MAX_WORKER_HOSTNAME_LEN = 128
+
+# PostgreSQL Integer is signed 32-bit. Tasks called with a first-arg
+# int outside this range (e.g. an absurdly large mock value, or a
+# string-of-digits coercible to int but bigger than 2^31-1) would crash
+# the INSERT with NumericValueOutOfRange. Bound the recorded value to
+# the column's range; values outside become None (target_id is
+# nullable, so this is safe).
+_INT32_MAX = 2_147_483_647
+_INT32_MIN = -2_147_483_648
+
+
+def _queue_for(task) -> str:
+    """Reverse the task→queue routing from celery_app.task_routes.
+    Keep in sync if task_routes is reordered."""
+    name = getattr(task, "name", "") or ""
+    if name.startswith("backend.app.tasks.import_file."):
+        return "import"
+    if name.startswith("backend.app.tasks.ml."):
+        return "ml"
+    if name.startswith("backend.app.tasks.thumbnail."):
+        return "thumbnail"
+    if name.startswith("backend.app.tasks.download."):
+        return "download"
+    if name.startswith("backend.app.tasks.scan."):
+        return "scan"
+    if name.startswith((
+        "backend.app.tasks.maintenance.",
+        "backend.app.tasks.migration.",
+    )):
+        return "maintenance"
+    return "default"
+
+
+def _target_id_from_args(args) -> int | None:
+    """Best-effort: if the first positional arg parses as int AND fits
+    in the column's signed-32-bit range, record it as target_id
+    (image_id, source_id, etc.). Never raises."""
+    if not args:
+        return None
+    try:
+        value = int(args[0])
+    except (TypeError, ValueError):
+        return None
+    if value < _INT32_MIN or value > _INT32_MAX:
+        return None
+    return value
+
+
+def _truncate(s, limit: int) -> str | None:
+    if s is None:
+        return None
+    text = str(s)
+    return text if len(text) <= limit else text[:limit]
+
+
+def _is_tracked(task_name: str | None) -> bool:
+    return bool(task_name) and task_name not in _UNTRACKED_TASK_NAMES
+
+
+@task_prerun.connect
+def _on_prerun(sender=None, task_id=None, task=None, args=None,
+               kwargs=None, **_):
+    if not _is_tracked(getattr(task, "name", None)):
+        return
+    try:
+        Session = sync_session_factory()
+        with Session() as session:
+            session.add(TaskRun(
+                celery_task_id=task_id or "",
+                queue=_queue_for(task),
+                task_name=task.name,
+                target_id=_target_id_from_args(args),
+                started_at=datetime.now(UTC),
+                status="running",
+                args_summary=_truncate(repr(args), _MAX_ARGS_SUMMARY_LEN),
+                worker_hostname=_truncate(
+                    getattr(sender, "hostname", None),
+                    _MAX_WORKER_HOSTNAME_LEN,
+                ),
+            ))
+            session.commit()
+    except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001 — never break the worker
+        log.exception("task_run prerun insert failed (task=%s)",
+                      getattr(task, "name", "?"))
+
+
+def _finalize(task_id: str, *, status: str,
+              error_type: str | None = None,
+              error_message: str | None = None,
+              retry_count: int | None = None) -> None:
+    """Shared write path for postrun/failure/retry. Picks the most-
+    recent task_run row for this celery_task_id that's still 'running'
+    (retries reuse the same celery_task_id; each new attempt's prerun
+    inserts a fresh row, so finalize targets the latest running row)."""
+    try:
+        from sqlalchemy import select
+
+        Session = sync_session_factory()
+        now = datetime.now(UTC)
+        with Session() as session:
+            row = session.execute(
+                select(TaskRun)
+                .where(TaskRun.celery_task_id == task_id)
+                .where(TaskRun.status == "running")
+                .order_by(TaskRun.id.desc())
+                .limit(1)
+            ).scalar_one_or_none()
+            if row is None:
+                return  # no prerun row (untracked, insert failed, or already finalized)
+            row.finished_at = now
+            row.duration_ms = int(
+                (now - row.started_at).total_seconds() * 1000
+            )
+            row.status = status
+            if error_type is not None:
+                row.error_type = _truncate(error_type, 128)
+            if error_message is not None:
+                row.error_message = _truncate(error_message, _MAX_ERROR_MESSAGE_LEN)
+            if retry_count is not None:
+                row.retry_count = retry_count
+            session.commit()
+    except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001
+        log.exception("task_run finalize failed (task_id=%s)", task_id)
+
+
+@task_postrun.connect
+def _on_postrun(sender=None, task_id=None, task=None, args=None,
+                kwargs=None, retval=None, state=None, **_):
+    if not _is_tracked(getattr(task, "name", None)):
+        return
+    # state is one of SUCCESS/FAILURE/RETRY/etc. Only handle SUCCESS;
+    # task_failure handles FAILURE explicitly (with the exception).
+    if state != "SUCCESS":
+        return
+    _finalize(task_id, status="ok")
+
+
+@task_failure.connect
+def _on_failure(sender=None, task_id=None, exception=None,
+                args=None, kwargs=None, einfo=None, **_):
+    if not _is_tracked(getattr(sender, "name", None)):
+        return
+    status = ("timeout"
+              if isinstance(exception, SoftTimeLimitExceeded)
+              else "error")
+    _finalize(
+        task_id, status=status,
+        error_type=type(exception).__name__ if exception else "Unknown",
+        error_message=str(exception) if exception else None,
+    )
+
+
+@task_retry.connect
+def _on_retry(sender=None, request=None, reason=None, einfo=None, **_):
+    if not _is_tracked(getattr(sender, "name", None)):
+        return
+    task_id = getattr(request, "id", None)
+    if not task_id:
+        return
+    # Mark current attempt's row as 'retry' (terminal for this row).
+    # The next attempt's task_prerun inserts a fresh row.
+    _finalize(
+        task_id, status="retry",
+        error_type=type(reason).__name__ if reason else "Retry",
+        error_message=str(reason) if reason else None,
+        retry_count=getattr(request, "retries", 0),
+    )

backend/app/models/__init__.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 from .app_setting import AppSetting
 from .artist import Artist
+from .backup_run import BackupRun
 from .base import Base
 from .credential import Credential
 from .download_event import DownloadEvent
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ from .image_record import ImageRecord
 from .import_batch import ImportBatch
 from .import_settings import ImportSettings
 from .import_task import ImportTask
+from .library_audit_run import LibraryAuditRun
 from .migration_run import MigrationRun
 from .ml_settings import MLSettings
 from .post import Post
@@ -21,11 +23,13 @@ from .tag_alias import TagAlias
 from .tag_allowlist import TagAllowlist
 from .tag_reference_embedding import TagReferenceEmbedding
 from .tag_suggestion_rejection import TagSuggestionRejection
+from .task_run import TaskRun
 
 __all__ = [
     "Base",
     "AppSetting",
     "Artist",
+    "BackupRun",
     "Source",
     "Credential",
     "Post",
@@ -40,10 +44,12 @@ __all__ = [
     "ImportBatch",
     "ImportTask",
     "ImportSettings",
+    "LibraryAuditRun",
     "MLSettings",
     "MigrationRun",
     "TagAlias",
     "TagAllowlist",
     "TagReferenceEmbedding",
     "TagSuggestionRejection",
+    "TaskRun",
 ]

backend/app/models/backup_run.py

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+"""FC-3h: backup_run — operator-facing artifact record for a backup run.
+
+One row per backup attempt (kind='db' or 'images'). Lifecycle
+tracking (started_at/finished_at/duration_ms/exception text) lives
+in task_run from FC-3i — this row records artifact metadata: file
+paths, sizes, tag (retention protection), and restore lineage via
+restored_from_id.
+
+Status values (String, not Postgres ENUM — per
+feedback_check_existing_enums):
+  pending   — created but task hasn't started yet (rare; usually
+              status starts as 'running' from the task body).
+  running   — backup task is in flight.
+  ok        — artifact successfully written.
+  error     — task raised; error column populated.
+  restoring — this row represents a restore attempt (kind = restored
+              kind); linked to source via restored_from_id.
+  restored  — restore completed successfully.
+"""
+
+from datetime import datetime
+
+from sqlalchemy import JSON, BigInteger, DateTime, ForeignKey, Integer, String, Text
+from sqlalchemy.orm import Mapped, mapped_column
+
+from .base import Base
+
+
+class BackupRun(Base):
+    __tablename__ = "backup_run"
+
+    id: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(Integer, primary_key=True)
+    kind: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String(16), nullable=False, index=True)
+    status: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(
+        String(16), nullable=False, default="pending", index=True,
+    )
+    tag: Mapped[str | None] = mapped_column(String(64), nullable=True, index=True)
+    triggered_by: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String(32), nullable=False)
+    started_at: Mapped[datetime] = mapped_column(
+        DateTime(timezone=True), nullable=False, index=True,
+    )
+    finished_at: Mapped[datetime | None] = mapped_column(
+        DateTime(timezone=True), nullable=True, index=True,
+    )
+    sql_path: Mapped[str | None] = mapped_column(Text, nullable=True)
+    tar_path: Mapped[str | None] = mapped_column(Text, nullable=True)
+    size_bytes: Mapped[int | None] = mapped_column(BigInteger, nullable=True)
+    error: Mapped[str | None] = mapped_column(Text, nullable=True)
+    manifest: Mapped[dict] = mapped_column(
+        JSON, nullable=False, default=dict, server_default="{}",
+    )
+    restored_from_id: Mapped[int | None] = mapped_column(
+        ForeignKey("backup_run.id", ondelete="SET NULL"),
+        nullable=True,
+    )

backend/app/models/image_provenance.py

@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 """ImageProvenance — links an ImageRecord to a Post.
 
-Many-to-one (one image, many provenance rows) enables the enrich-on-duplicate
+One image can have many provenance rows — different posts each contribute
-rule (spec §3): when a downloaded image is a pHash dupe of an existing
+metadata (enrich-on-duplicate rule, spec §3: a downloaded image that is a
-record, we append a new provenance row to the existing record rather than
+pHash dupe of an existing record gets a NEW provenance row for the new post
-dropping the metadata.
+appended, rather than the metadata being dropped). But the (image, post)
+pair is unique — alembic 0021 enforces uq_image_provenance_image_post
+after operator-flagged 2026-05-26 saw _apply_sidecar's existence-check +
+INSERT race plant duplicates that then broke .scalar_one_or_none() on
+every later deep-scan rederive (MultipleResultsFound).
 """
 
 from datetime import datetime
 
-from sqlalchemy import JSON, DateTime, ForeignKey, Integer, func
+from sqlalchemy import JSON, DateTime, ForeignKey, Integer, UniqueConstraint, func
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Mapped, mapped_column
 
 from .base import Base
@@ -16,6 +20,12 @@ from .base import Base
 
 class ImageProvenance(Base):
     __tablename__ = "image_provenance"
+    __table_args__ = (
+        UniqueConstraint(
+            "image_record_id", "post_id",
+            name="uq_image_provenance_image_post",
+        ),
+    )
 
     id: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(Integer, primary_key=True)
     image_record_id: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(

backend/app/models/import_batch.py

@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ class ImportBatch(Base):
     skipped: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(Integer, nullable=False, default=0)
     failed: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(Integer, nullable=False, default=0)
     attachments: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(Integer, nullable=False, default=0)
+    # Deep-scan only: count of already-imported files whose sidecar metadata
+    # got re-applied this run (post/source/provenance upsert). Stays 0 on
+    # quick-scan batches. See `Importer.import_one(deep_scan=True)`.
+    refreshed: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(Integer, nullable=False, default=0)
 
     status: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String(16), nullable=False, default="running", index=True)
     # running | complete | cancelled

backend/app/models/import_settings.py

@@ -49,3 +49,17 @@ class ImportSettings(Base):
     download_failure_warning_threshold: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(
         Integer, nullable=False, default=5
     )
+
+    # FC-3h backup knobs.
+    backup_db_nightly_enabled: Mapped[bool] = mapped_column(
+        Boolean, nullable=False, default=False,
+    )
+    backup_db_nightly_hour_utc: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(
+        Integer, nullable=False, default=3,
+    )
+    backup_db_keep_last_n: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(
+        Integer, nullable=False, default=14,
+    )
+    backup_images_keep_last_n: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(
+        Integer, nullable=False, default=3,
+    )

backend/app/models/library_audit_run.py

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+"""LibraryAuditRun — async transparency / single_color audit lifecycle.
+
+State machine: running → ready → applied / cancelled / error.
+matched_ids JSONB is appended-to by scan_library_for_rule; apply_audit_run
+reads it and routes through cleanup_service.delete_images.
+"""
+
+from datetime import datetime
+from typing import Any
+
+from sqlalchemy import DateTime, Integer, String, Text, func
+from sqlalchemy.dialects.postgresql import JSONB
+from sqlalchemy.orm import Mapped, mapped_column
+
+from .base import Base
+
+
+class LibraryAuditRun(Base):
+    __tablename__ = "library_audit_run"
+
+    id: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(Integer, primary_key=True)
+    rule: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String(32), nullable=False, index=True)
+    params: Mapped[dict[str, Any]] = mapped_column(JSONB, nullable=False)
+    status: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(
+        String(16), nullable=False, default="running", index=True,
+    )
+    # running | ready | applied | cancelled | error
+    started_at: Mapped[datetime] = mapped_column(
+        DateTime(timezone=True), nullable=False, server_default=func.now(),
+    )
+    finished_at: Mapped[datetime | None] = mapped_column(
+        DateTime(timezone=True), nullable=True,
+    )
+    scanned_count: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(Integer, nullable=False, default=0)
+    matched_count: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(Integer, nullable=False, default=0)
+    matched_ids: Mapped[list[int]] = mapped_column(JSONB, nullable=False, default=list)
+    error: Mapped[str | None] = mapped_column(Text, nullable=True)

backend/app/models/tag.py

@@ -35,8 +35,10 @@ class TagKind(StrEnum):
     series = "series"
     archive = "archive"
     post = "post"
-    meta = "meta"
+    # `meta` and `rating` retired by operator 2026-05-26 (alembic 0023).
-    rating = "rating"
+    # `artist` retired in FC-2d-vii-c — artists are first-class entities
+    # via Artist/Source rows now, not tags — but the enum value stays
+    # to keep historic tag rows queryable.
 
 
 image_tag = Table(

backend/app/models/task_run.py

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+"""FC-3i: task_run — per-Celery-task lifecycle audit row.
+
+One row inserted by the task_prerun signal at task start, updated by
+task_postrun / task_failure / task_retry. The shape supports the
+SystemActivity dashboard's three panes: per-queue queue+worker summary,
+recent failures (24h, grouped by error_type), and full paginated
+activity history.
+
+Retention: ok rows pruned after 24h, error/timeout after 7d (see
+backend.app.tasks.maintenance.prune_task_runs).
+
+Recovery: rows stuck in 'running' for >5 min flipped to 'error' by
+backend.app.tasks.maintenance.recover_stalled_task_runs (Beat 5 min).
+"""
+
+from datetime import datetime
+
+from sqlalchemy import DateTime, Integer, String, Text
+from sqlalchemy.orm import Mapped, mapped_column
+
+from .base import Base
+
+
+class TaskRun(Base):
+    __tablename__ = "task_run"
+
+    id: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(Integer, primary_key=True)
+    celery_task_id: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(
+        String(64), nullable=False, index=True,
+    )
+    queue: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String(32), nullable=False, index=True)
+    task_name: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String(128), nullable=False, index=True)
+    target_id: Mapped[int | None] = mapped_column(Integer, nullable=True)
+    started_at: Mapped[datetime] = mapped_column(
+        DateTime(timezone=True), nullable=False, index=True,
+    )
+    finished_at: Mapped[datetime | None] = mapped_column(
+        DateTime(timezone=True), nullable=True, index=True,
+    )
+    duration_ms: Mapped[int | None] = mapped_column(Integer, nullable=True)
+    status: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(
+        String(16), nullable=False, default="running", index=True,
+    )
+    error_type: Mapped[str | None] = mapped_column(String(128), nullable=True)
+    error_message: Mapped[str | None] = mapped_column(Text, nullable=True)
+    retry_count: Mapped[int | None] = mapped_column(Integer, nullable=True)
+    worker_hostname: Mapped[str | None] = mapped_column(String(128), nullable=True)
+    args_summary: Mapped[str | None] = mapped_column(String(255), nullable=True)

backend/app/scripts/download_models.py

@@ -25,12 +25,31 @@ def _snapshot(repo_id: str, dest: Path, allow_patterns: list[str] | None) -> Non
 
 
 def ensure_camie() -> None:
+    """Fetch Camie v2 weights + metadata.
+
+    v2 layout (HuggingFace Camais03/camie-tagger-v2): the ONNX file is
+    named camie-tagger-v2.onnx (not model.onnx) and tags ship inside
+    camie-tagger-v2-metadata.json (not selected_tags.csv). Both at root.
+    The repo also contains app/, game/, training/, images/ subdirs full
+    of setup/demo files we don't need — allow_patterns scopes the fetch
+    to just the inference essentials (~790 MB instead of ~2 GB).
+    """
     dest = MODEL_ROOT / "camie"
-    if (dest / "model.onnx").is_file() and (dest / "selected_tags.csv").is_file():
+    model_file = dest / "camie-tagger-v2.onnx"
+    meta_file = dest / "camie-tagger-v2-metadata.json"
+    if model_file.is_file() and meta_file.is_file():
         print(f"[download_models] Camie present at {dest}")
         return
     print(f"[download_models] Fetching {CAMIE_REPO} -> {dest}")
-    _snapshot(CAMIE_REPO, dest, ["model.onnx", "selected_tags.csv", "*.json"])
+    _snapshot(
+        CAMIE_REPO, dest,
+        [
+            "camie-tagger-v2.onnx",
+            "camie-tagger-v2-metadata.json",
+            "config.json",
+            "config.yaml",
+        ],
+    )
 
 
 def ensure_siglip() -> None:

backend/app/services/artist_service.py

@@ -111,12 +111,22 @@ class ArtistService:
             )
         ).all()
 
+        post_count = (
+            await self.session.execute(
+                select(func.count(func.distinct(Post.id)))
+                .select_from(Post)
+                .join(Source, Source.id == Post.source_id)
+                .where(Source.artist_id == aid)
+            )
+        ).scalar_one()
+
         return {
             "id": artist.id,
             "name": artist.name,
             "slug": artist.slug,
             "is_subscription": bool(artist.is_subscription),
             "image_count": int(image_count),
+            "post_count": int(post_count),
             "date_range": {
                 "min": dmin.isoformat() if dmin else None,
                 "max": dmax.isoformat() if dmax else None,

backend/app/services/audits/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+"""Audit rule modules. Each module exposes evaluate(pil_image, **params) -> bool.
+
+The retroactive library-cleanup tab and (future) import-time filter logic
+both consume these. Importers should NOT inline rule logic going forward;
+add the rule here and call from both sides.
+"""

backend/app/services/audits/single_color.py

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+"""Single-color audit: matches images where one color dominates beyond
+the threshold (within the given Euclidean RGB tolerance). The first
+canonical implementation — the import-side filter (SkipReason.single_color)
+was never wired; FC-Cleanup's audit module is the source of truth and a
+future spec can adopt it on the import path too.
+"""
+
+from PIL import Image
+
+_THUMB_SIZE = (64, 64)
+
+
+def evaluate(
+    pil_image,
+    *,
+    threshold: float,
+    tolerance: int,
+) -> bool:
+    """True iff the fraction of pixels within `tolerance` (Euclidean RGB
+    distance) of the dominant color exceeds `threshold`.
+
+    Downsamples to 64x64 for speed (~4ms regardless of source size).
+    Alpha channels are stripped; only RGB is considered. Animated images
+    use frame 0 (PIL's default after Image.open without seek).
+    """
+    im = pil_image
+    if im.mode == "RGBA":
+        im = im.convert("RGB")
+    elif im.mode not in ("RGB", "L"):
+        im = im.convert("RGB")
+    if im.size != _THUMB_SIZE:
+        im = im.resize(_THUMB_SIZE, Image.Resampling.BILINEAR)
+    pixels = list(im.getdata())
+    if not pixels:
+        return False
+    # Normalize L-mode pixels to RGB tuples for distance math.
+    if isinstance(pixels[0], int):
+        pixels = [(p, p, p) for p in pixels]
+    # Dominant color = mean RGB.
+    n = len(pixels)
+    sum_r = sum(p[0] for p in pixels)
+    sum_g = sum(p[1] for p in pixels)
+    sum_b = sum(p[2] for p in pixels)
+    dom = (sum_r / n, sum_g / n, sum_b / n)
+    tol_sq = tolerance * tolerance
+    within = 0
+    for r, g, b in pixels:
+        dr = r - dom[0]
+        dg = g - dom[1]
+        db = b - dom[2]
+        if dr * dr + dg * dg + db * db <= tol_sq:
+            within += 1
+    return (within / n) > threshold

backend/app/services/audits/transparency.py

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+"""Transparency audit: matches images whose transparent-pixel fraction
+exceeds the threshold. Animated images short-circuit (skipped) to avoid
+the multi-frame PIL decode that hits Celery's hard time limit."""
+
+
+def evaluate(pil_image, *, threshold: float) -> bool:
+    """True iff the image's transparent-pixel fraction exceeds threshold.
+
+    False for non-alpha modes and animated images. Mirrors the import-side
+    Importer._transparency_pct logic so retroactive enforcement matches
+    prospective filtering.
+    """
+    if getattr(pil_image, "is_animated", False):
+        return False
+    if pil_image.mode not in ("RGBA", "LA") and not (
+        pil_image.mode == "P" and "transparency" in pil_image.info
+    ):
+        return False
+    im = pil_image
+    if im.mode != "RGBA":
+        im = im.convert("RGBA")
+    alpha = im.getchannel("A")
+    histogram = alpha.histogram()
+    transparent = histogram[0]
+    total = sum(histogram)
+    pct = transparent / total if total else 0.0
+    return pct > threshold

backend/app/services/backup_service.py

@@ -0,0 +1,196 @@
+"""FC-3h: first-class backup/restore service for FC.
+
+Two independent backup kinds:
+  - 'db'     — pg_dump only; fast; nightly via Beat (settings-gated)
+  - 'images' — tar+zstd of /images; slow; manual trigger only
+
+Files live under <images_root>/_backups/. Each backup writes:
+  fc_<kind>_<ts>.{sql|tar.zst}        — the artifact
+  fc_<kind>_<ts>.json                 — manifest (kind/tag/triggered_by)
+
+Service functions are sync (subprocess-bound). Celery tasks in
+backend.app.tasks.backup wrap each one with task_run-tracked
+lifecycle + soft/hard time limits + retention bookkeeping.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+import subprocess
+from datetime import UTC, datetime
+from pathlib import Path
+
+_BACKUPS_DIRNAME = "_backups"
+
+# Subprocess-level guardrails BEYOND the Celery soft_time_limit. The
+# Celery soft limit signals the Python process; subprocess.Popen in a
+# blocking syscall ignores that signal. These bound the worst case.
+_DB_SUBPROCESS_TIMEOUT_S = 12 * 60        # 12 min (Celery soft is 10 min)
+_IMAGES_SUBPROCESS_TIMEOUT_S = 7 * 60 * 60  # 7 hr (Celery soft is 6 hr)
+
+
+def _libpq_url(sa_url: str) -> str:
+    """Strip SQLAlchemy +psycopg/+asyncpg driver suffix for pg_dump/psql."""
+    for driver in (
+        "postgresql+psycopg",
+        "postgresql+asyncpg",
+        "postgresql+psycopg2",
+    ):
+        if sa_url.startswith(driver + "://"):
+            return "postgresql://" + sa_url[len(driver) + 3:]
+    return sa_url
+
+
+def _backups_dir(images_root: Path) -> Path:
+    p = images_root / _BACKUPS_DIRNAME
+    p.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    return p
+
+
+def _now_ts() -> str:
+    return datetime.now(UTC).strftime("%Y%m%dT%H%M%SZ")
+
+
+def _file_size_or_none(path: Path) -> int | None:
+    try:
+        return path.stat().st_size
+    except OSError:
+        return None
+
+
+def _write_manifest(
+    out_dir: Path, *, kind: str, ts: str,
+    tag: str | None, triggered_by: str,
+    artifact_path: Path,
+) -> Path:
+    manifest = {
+        "kind": kind,
+        "backup_id": f"fc_{kind}_{ts}",
+        "tag": tag,
+        "triggered_by": triggered_by,
+        "created_at": datetime.now(UTC).isoformat(),
+        "artifact_path": str(artifact_path),
+    }
+    mf = out_dir / f"fc_{kind}_{ts}.json"
+    mf.write_text(json.dumps(manifest, indent=2))
+    return mf
+
+
+def backup_db(
+    *, db_url: str, images_root: Path,
+    tag: str | None = None, triggered_by: str = "manual",
+) -> dict:
+    """Run pg_dump; write .sql + manifest; return dict for the caller
+    to persist into BackupRun. Raises on subprocess failure."""
+    ts = _now_ts()
+    out_dir = _backups_dir(images_root)
+    sql_path = out_dir / f"fc_db_{ts}.sql"
+    subprocess.run(
+        [
+            "pg_dump", "--no-owner", "--no-acl",
+            "-f", str(sql_path), _libpq_url(db_url),
+        ],
+        capture_output=True, check=True,
+        timeout=_DB_SUBPROCESS_TIMEOUT_S,
+    )
+    manifest_path = _write_manifest(
+        out_dir, kind="db", ts=ts, tag=tag, triggered_by=triggered_by,
+        artifact_path=sql_path,
+    )
+    return {
+        "kind": "db",
+        "ts": ts,
+        "sql_path": str(sql_path),
+        "tar_path": None,
+        "manifest_path": str(manifest_path),
+        "size_bytes": _file_size_or_none(sql_path),
+    }
+
+
+def backup_images(
+    *, images_root: Path,
+    tag: str | None = None, triggered_by: str = "manual",
+) -> dict:
+    """Run tar --zstd over images_root; write .tar.zst + manifest."""
+    ts = _now_ts()
+    out_dir = _backups_dir(images_root)
+    tar_path = out_dir / f"fc_images_{ts}.tar.zst"
+    subprocess.run(
+        [
+            "tar", "--zstd", "-cf", str(tar_path),
+            "-C", str(images_root.parent), images_root.name,
+            f"--exclude={images_root.name}/_backups",
+            f"--exclude={images_root.name}/_quarantine",
+        ],
+        capture_output=True, check=True,
+        timeout=_IMAGES_SUBPROCESS_TIMEOUT_S,
+    )
+    manifest_path = _write_manifest(
+        out_dir, kind="images", ts=ts, tag=tag, triggered_by=triggered_by,
+        artifact_path=tar_path,
+    )
+    return {
+        "kind": "images",
+        "ts": ts,
+        "sql_path": None,
+        "tar_path": str(tar_path),
+        "manifest_path": str(manifest_path),
+        "size_bytes": _file_size_or_none(tar_path),
+    }
+
+
+def restore_db(*, db_url: str, sql_path: Path) -> None:
+    """Wipe public schema, then load from .sql. Raises on subprocess
+    failure; partial-restore state is the caller's concern."""
+    libpq = _libpq_url(db_url)
+    subprocess.run(
+        [
+            "psql", libpq, "-c",
+            "DROP SCHEMA IF EXISTS public CASCADE; CREATE SCHEMA public;",
+        ],
+        capture_output=True, check=True, timeout=120,
+    )
+    subprocess.run(
+        ["psql", libpq, "-f", str(sql_path)],
+        capture_output=True, check=True,
+        timeout=_DB_SUBPROCESS_TIMEOUT_S,
+    )
+
+
+def restore_images(*, images_root: Path, tar_path: Path) -> None:
+    """Untar over images_root.parent. Additive — files NOT in the
+    tarball are NOT removed. Caller wipes first if a clean restore
+    is needed."""
+    subprocess.run(
+        [
+            "tar", "--zstd", "-xf", str(tar_path),
+            "-C", str(images_root.parent),
+        ],
+        capture_output=True, check=True,
+        timeout=_IMAGES_SUBPROCESS_TIMEOUT_S,
+    )
+
+
+def unlink_artifact_files(
+    *,
+    sql_path: str | None,
+    tar_path: str | None,
+    manifest_path: str | None,
+) -> dict:
+    """Best-effort unlink of all on-disk files for a BackupRun row.
+    Returns dict keyed by label with True/False per file. Missing
+    files count as success (missing_ok semantics)."""
+    deleted: dict = {}
+    for label, p in (
+        ("sql", sql_path),
+        ("tar", tar_path),
+        ("manifest", manifest_path),
+    ):
+        if not p:
+            continue
+        path = Path(p)
+        try:
+            path.unlink(missing_ok=True)
+            deleted[label] = True
+        except OSError:
+            deleted[label] = False
+    return deleted

backend/app/services/cleanup_service.py

@@ -0,0 +1,512 @@
+"""FC-3k: first-class admin destructive operations.
+
+Projections are pure SELECTs used by both dry-run preview endpoints
+and Tier-B count prompts. Mutations (Task 2) are called from sync
+HTTP handlers (small ops) and from Celery tasks in
+backend.app.tasks.admin (long ops).
+
+This module is the PERMANENT home of artist-cascade + image-unlink
+logic. The legacy copy at backend/app/services/migrators/cleanup.py
+stays in place until FC-3j; FC-3j will replace its body with thin
+re-exports from this module and then delete the wrapper.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from datetime import UTC, datetime
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
+
+from sqlalchemy import func, select, update
+from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
+
+from ..models import Artist, ImageRecord, LibraryAuditRun, Tag
+from ..models.series_page import SeriesPage
+from ..models.tag import image_tag
+
+
+def project_artist_cascade(session: Session, *, slug: str) -> dict:
+    """Read-only projection of what delete_artist_cascade would touch.
+
+    Returns:
+        {
+          "artist": {"id": int, "name": str, "slug": str},
+          "projected": {
+            "images": int,
+            "sources": int,
+            "thumbs": int,        # images with a thumbnail_path set
+            "import_tasks": int,  # ImportTask rows referencing the artist's images
+            "bytes_on_disk": int, # SUM(image_record.size_bytes) — column is NOT NULL
+          },
+        }
+    Raises LookupError if slug not found. No mutations.
+    """
+    from ..models.import_task import ImportTask
+    from ..models.source import Source
+
+    artist = session.execute(
+        select(Artist).where(Artist.slug == slug)
+    ).scalar_one_or_none()
+    if artist is None:
+        raise LookupError(f"artist slug not found: {slug!r}")
+
+    images_count = session.execute(
+        select(func.count(ImageRecord.id))
+        .where(ImageRecord.artist_id == artist.id)
+    ).scalar_one()
+    sources_count = session.execute(
+        select(func.count(Source.id))
+        .where(Source.artist_id == artist.id)
+    ).scalar_one()
+    thumbs_count = session.execute(
+        select(func.count(ImageRecord.id))
+        .where(ImageRecord.artist_id == artist.id)
+        .where(ImageRecord.thumbnail_path.is_not(None))
+    ).scalar_one()
+    import_tasks_count = session.execute(
+        select(func.count(ImportTask.id))
+        .where(
+            ImportTask.result_image_id.in_(
+                select(ImageRecord.id).where(ImageRecord.artist_id == artist.id)
+            )
+        )
+    ).scalar_one()
+    bytes_on_disk = session.execute(
+        select(func.coalesce(func.sum(ImageRecord.size_bytes), 0))
+        .where(ImageRecord.artist_id == artist.id)
+    ).scalar_one()
+
+    return {
+        "artist": {"id": artist.id, "name": artist.name, "slug": artist.slug},
+        "projected": {
+            "images": images_count,
+            "sources": sources_count,
+            "thumbs": thumbs_count,
+            "import_tasks": import_tasks_count,
+            "bytes_on_disk": int(bytes_on_disk),
+        },
+    }
+
+
+def project_bulk_image_delete(
+    session: Session, *, image_ids: list[int],
+) -> dict:
+    """Read-only projection of what delete_images would touch.
+
+    Returns:
+        {
+          "images_found": int,
+          "thumbs_to_unlink": int,
+          "bytes_on_disk": int,
+          "missing_ids": list[int],   # ids passed in that don't exist
+        }
+    No mutations.
+    """
+    if not image_ids:
+        return {
+            "images_found": 0,
+            "thumbs_to_unlink": 0,
+            "bytes_on_disk": 0,
+            "missing_ids": [],
+        }
+
+    rows = session.execute(
+        select(
+            ImageRecord.id,
+            ImageRecord.thumbnail_path,
+            ImageRecord.size_bytes,
+        ).where(ImageRecord.id.in_(image_ids))
+    ).all()
+    found_ids = {r.id for r in rows}
+    missing = sorted(set(image_ids) - found_ids)
+    return {
+        "images_found": len(rows),
+        "thumbs_to_unlink": sum(1 for r in rows if r.thumbnail_path),
+        "bytes_on_disk": sum(r.size_bytes for r in rows),
+        "missing_ids": missing,
+    }
+
+
+def count_tag_associations(session: Session, *, tag_id: int) -> int:
+    """COUNT(*) FROM image_tag WHERE tag_id=?. For Tier-B prompt."""
+    return session.execute(
+        select(func.count())
+        .select_from(image_tag)
+        .where(image_tag.c.tag_id == tag_id)
+    ).scalar_one()
+
+
+def find_unused_tags(
+    session: Session, *, limit: int | None = None,
+) -> list[Tag]:
+    """Tags with no image_tag rows AND no series_page rows.
+
+    Sorted by name. Used by both dry-run preview and the live prune.
+    A tag is "unused" iff it has zero rows in image_tag AND zero rows
+    in series_page (so we don't accidentally prune a series tag that
+    happens to have no images yet).
+    """
+    used_via_image_tag = select(image_tag.c.tag_id).distinct()
+    used_via_series = select(SeriesPage.series_tag_id).where(
+        SeriesPage.series_tag_id.is_not(None)
+    ).distinct()
+    stmt = (
+        select(Tag)
+        .where(Tag.id.not_in(used_via_image_tag))
+        .where(Tag.id.not_in(used_via_series))
+        .order_by(Tag.name)
+    )
+    if limit is not None:
+        stmt = stmt.limit(limit)
+    return list(session.execute(stmt).scalars().all())
+
+
+def unlink_image_files(
+    image: ImageRecord, images_root: Path,
+) -> dict:
+    """Best-effort unlink of all on-disk files for an ImageRecord.
+
+    Targets: image.path (original), image.thumbnail_path (cached
+    thumbnail), and the computed thumbs path at
+    /images/thumbs/<sha256[:3]>/<sha256>.(jpg|png|webp) (tries all
+    three extensions; missing extension is silently OK).
+
+    Returns {"original": bool, "thumbnail": bool}. Missing files
+    count as success (missing_ok semantics). OSErrors are swallowed
+    and reported as False so the calling DB delete still proceeds.
+    """
+    out = {"original": False, "thumbnail": False}
+    if image.path:
+        try:
+            Path(image.path).unlink(missing_ok=True)
+            out["original"] = True
+        except OSError:
+            out["original"] = False
+    # Custom thumbnail_path (when set) — try it first.
+    if image.thumbnail_path:
+        try:
+            Path(image.thumbnail_path).unlink(missing_ok=True)
+            out["thumbnail"] = True
+        except OSError:
+            out["thumbnail"] = False
+    # Convention thumbs dir — try all extensions; missing OK.
+    if image.sha256:
+        bucket = image.sha256[:3]
+        for ext in ("jpg", "png", "webp"):
+            try:
+                (images_root / "thumbs" / bucket / f"{image.sha256}.{ext}").unlink(
+                    missing_ok=True,
+                )
+            except OSError:
+                pass
+    return out
+
+
+def delete_artist_cascade(
+    session: Session, *, artist_id: int, images_root: Path,
+) -> dict:
+    """Batched delete of an artist's images + the artist row.
+
+    Mirrors the cleanup_artist_async pattern: 500-row batches,
+    commit between batches so partial progress survives a worker
+    kill. Idempotent on missing artist (returns zeroed counts).
+    Postgres cascades handle image_tag / image_provenance /
+    series_page / tag_suggestion_rejection from ImageRecord delete,
+    and source / post / download_event / etc. from Artist delete
+    (via Artist.sources cascade="all, delete-orphan").
+    """
+    artist = session.get(Artist, artist_id)
+    if artist is None:
+        return {
+            "artist": None,
+            "summary": {
+                "images_deleted": 0,
+                "files_deleted": 0,
+                "thumbs_deleted": 0,
+                "import_tasks_nulled": 0,
+                "files_failed": 0,
+            },
+        }
+    artist_info = {"id": artist.id, "name": artist.name, "slug": artist.slug}
+
+    images_deleted = 0
+    files_deleted = 0
+    thumbs_deleted = 0
+    files_failed = 0
+
+    while True:
+        rows = session.execute(
+            select(ImageRecord)
+            .where(ImageRecord.artist_id == artist.id)
+            .limit(500)
+        ).scalars().all()
+        if not rows:
+            break
+        for img in rows:
+            unlinked = unlink_image_files(img, images_root)
+            if unlinked["original"]:
+                files_deleted += 1
+            else:
+                files_failed += 1
+            if unlinked["thumbnail"]:
+                thumbs_deleted += 1
+            session.delete(img)
+            images_deleted += 1
+        session.commit()
+
+    # ImportTask.result_image_id FK is SET NULL on image delete (Postgres
+    # handles this in the cascade above). We don't separately count those
+    # in FC-3k — the legacy cleanup_artist_async did it via
+    # source_path_prefix matching that's out of scope here.
+    import_tasks_nulled = 0
+
+    session.delete(artist)
+    session.commit()
+
+    return {
+        "artist": artist_info,
+        "summary": {
+            "images_deleted": images_deleted,
+            "files_deleted": files_deleted,
+            "thumbs_deleted": thumbs_deleted,
+            "import_tasks_nulled": import_tasks_nulled,
+            "files_failed": files_failed,
+        },
+    }
+
+
+def delete_images(
+    session: Session, *, image_ids: list[int], images_root: Path,
+) -> dict:
+    """Delete a list of images in 500-row batches with commit between.
+
+    Postgres CASCADE on image_tag / image_provenance / series_page /
+    tag_suggestion_rejection / post_attachment(FK SET NULL) handles
+    the DB side; this function handles file unlinks first then row
+    deletes. Idempotent on missing IDs (returned as missing_ids;
+    no error). On partial OSError, the row is still deleted and
+    files_failed is incremented.
+    """
+    if not image_ids:
+        return {
+            "images_deleted": 0,
+            "files_deleted": 0,
+            "thumbs_deleted": 0,
+            "files_failed": 0,
+            "missing_ids": [],
+        }
+
+    seen_ids: set[int] = set()
+    images_deleted = 0
+    files_deleted = 0
+    thumbs_deleted = 0
+    files_failed = 0
+
+    pending = list(image_ids)
+    while pending:
+        batch_ids = pending[:500]
+        pending = pending[500:]
+        rows = session.execute(
+            select(ImageRecord).where(ImageRecord.id.in_(batch_ids))
+        ).scalars().all()
+        for img in rows:
+            seen_ids.add(img.id)
+            unlinked = unlink_image_files(img, images_root)
+            if unlinked["original"]:
+                files_deleted += 1
+            else:
+                files_failed += 1
+            if unlinked["thumbnail"]:
+                thumbs_deleted += 1
+            session.delete(img)
+            images_deleted += 1
+        session.commit()
+
+    missing = sorted(set(image_ids) - seen_ids)
+    return {
+        "images_deleted": images_deleted,
+        "files_deleted": files_deleted,
+        "thumbs_deleted": thumbs_deleted,
+        "files_failed": files_failed,
+        "missing_ids": missing,
+    }
+
+
+def delete_tag(session: Session, *, tag_id: int) -> dict:
+    """Simple DELETE FROM tag WHERE id=?.
+
+    Postgres cascades the rest (image_tag, tag_alias, tag_allowlist,
+    tag_reference_embedding, tag_suggestion_rejection, series_page).
+    Returns counts BEFORE delete so the caller can surface them.
+    Raises LookupError if tag_id not found.
+    """
+    tag = session.get(Tag, tag_id)
+    if tag is None:
+        raise LookupError(f"tag id not found: {tag_id}")
+    associations_count = count_tag_associations(session, tag_id=tag_id)
+    info = {"id": tag.id, "name": tag.name, "kind": tag.kind.value}
+    session.delete(tag)
+    session.commit()
+    return {"deleted": info, "associations_removed": associations_count}
+
+
+def prune_unused_tags(session: Session, *, dry_run: bool = False) -> dict:
+    """Find tags with zero references and (unless dry_run) delete them.
+
+    Returns:
+      dry_run=True:  {"count": N, "sample_names": [first 50]}
+      dry_run=False: {"deleted": N, "sample_names": [first 50]}
+    """
+    unused = find_unused_tags(session)
+    sample = [t.name for t in unused[:50]]
+    if dry_run:
+        return {"count": len(unused), "sample_names": sample}
+    ids = [t.id for t in unused]
+    if ids:
+        session.execute(
+            Tag.__table__.delete().where(Tag.id.in_(ids))
+        )
+        session.commit()
+    return {"deleted": len(ids), "sample_names": sample}
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# FC-Cleanup additions (2026-05-26): retroactive audit of import-filter rules.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+_MIN_DIM_SAMPLE_CAP = 50
+
+
+def project_min_dimension_violations(
+    session: Session, *, min_width: int, min_height: int,
+) -> dict:
+    """Return {count, sample_ids} for image_record rows with width or
+    height below the thresholds. Synchronous SQL — no PIL inspection
+    needed since width/height are stored columns."""
+    base = select(ImageRecord.id).where(
+        (ImageRecord.width < min_width) | (ImageRecord.height < min_height)
+    )
+    count = session.execute(
+        select(func.count()).select_from(base.subquery())
+    ).scalar_one()
+    sample_ids = session.execute(
+        base.order_by(ImageRecord.id).limit(_MIN_DIM_SAMPLE_CAP)
+    ).scalars().all()
+    return {"count": count, "sample_ids": list(sample_ids)}
+
+
+def delete_min_dimension_violations(
+    session: Session, *, min_width: int, min_height: int, images_root: Path,
+) -> int:
+    """Delete every image_record where width<min_w OR height<min_h.
+    Routes through delete_images so file-unlink + cascading FKs
+    (image_tag / image_provenance / etc.) are handled uniformly."""
+    ids = session.execute(
+        select(ImageRecord.id).where(
+            (ImageRecord.width < min_width) | (ImageRecord.height < min_height)
+        )
+    ).scalars().all()
+    if not ids:
+        return 0
+    result = delete_images(
+        session, image_ids=list(ids), images_root=images_root,
+    )
+    return result["images_deleted"]
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Audit lifecycle (transparency + single_color async scans).
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+class AuditAlreadyRunning(Exception):
+    """Another audit_run is currently in status='running' — wait or
+    cancel it before starting a new one. Surfaces as HTTP 409 in the
+    /api/cleanup/audit POST endpoint."""
+
+
+class AuditNotReady(Exception):
+    """apply_audit_run called on an audit whose status is not 'ready'."""
+
+
+class ConfirmTokenMismatch(Exception):
+    """Operator-supplied confirm token did not match server-recomputed token."""
+
+
+_VALID_RULES = ("transparency", "single_color")
+
+
+def start_audit_run(
+    session: Session, *, rule: str, params: dict[str, Any],
+) -> int:
+    """Create a LibraryAuditRun row in status='running' and dispatch the
+    scan_library_for_rule Celery task. Returns the new audit_id.
+
+    Concurrent-runs guard: raises AuditAlreadyRunning if any audit_run
+    has status='running'. Operator must cancel or wait."""
+    if rule not in _VALID_RULES:
+        raise ValueError(f"unknown rule {rule!r}; expected one of {_VALID_RULES}")
+    existing = session.execute(
+        select(LibraryAuditRun.id).where(LibraryAuditRun.status == "running")
+    ).scalar_one_or_none()
+    if existing is not None:
+        raise AuditAlreadyRunning(existing)
+    audit = LibraryAuditRun(
+        rule=rule,
+        params=params,
+        status="running",
+        scanned_count=0,
+        matched_count=0,
+        matched_ids=[],
+    )
+    session.add(audit)
+    session.flush()
+    audit_id = audit.id
+    # Dispatch after flush so audit_id is populated; commit happens in
+    # the API handler so the audit row + dispatch are visible together.
+    from ..tasks.library_audit import scan_library_for_rule
+    scan_library_for_rule.delay(audit_id)
+    return audit_id
+
+
+def apply_audit_run(
+    session: Session, *, audit_id: int, confirm_token: str, images_root: Path,
+) -> int:
+    """Delete all images in audit_run.matched_ids after confirming token.
+    Marks audit status='applied'. Routes through delete_images so files
+    + cascading FK rows are handled uniformly."""
+    audit = session.execute(
+        select(LibraryAuditRun).where(LibraryAuditRun.id == audit_id)
+    ).scalar_one_or_none()
+    if audit is None:
+        raise ValueError(f"audit_run {audit_id} not found")
+    if audit.status != "ready":
+        raise AuditNotReady(audit.status)
+    # Token format matches modal/DestructiveConfirmModal.vue convention:
+    # ${action}-${kind}-${runId}. The modal hardcodes action ∈ {'restore',
+    # 'delete'}; "apply audit" is semantically a delete of the matched
+    # images, so we use 'delete-audit-<id>' (not 'apply-audit-<id>').
+    expected = f"delete-audit-{audit_id}"
+    if confirm_token != expected:
+        raise ConfirmTokenMismatch(expected)
+    ids = list(audit.matched_ids or [])
+    deleted = 0
+    if ids:
+        result = delete_images(session, image_ids=ids, images_root=images_root)
+        deleted = result["images_deleted"]
+    session.execute(
+        update(LibraryAuditRun)
+        .where(LibraryAuditRun.id == audit_id)
+        .values(status="applied", finished_at=datetime.now(UTC))
+    )
+    return deleted
+
+
+def cancel_audit_run(session: Session, *, audit_id: int) -> None:
+    """Flip a running audit_run to 'cancelled'. The scan task checks
+    for status=='cancelled' between batches and exits cleanly."""
+    session.execute(
+        update(LibraryAuditRun)
+        .where(LibraryAuditRun.id == audit_id)
+        .where(LibraryAuditRun.status == "running")
+        .values(status="cancelled", finished_at=datetime.now(UTC))
+    )

backend/app/services/extension_service.py

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import re
 
 from sqlalchemy import select
+from sqlalchemy.exc import IntegrityError
 from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
 
 from ..models import Artist, Source
@@ -97,20 +98,40 @@ class ExtensionService:
         raise UnknownPlatformError(f"no platform pattern matched {url!r}")
 
     async def _find_or_create_artist(self, raw_name: str) -> tuple[Artist, bool]:
+        """Race-safe find-or-create on Artist by slug. Mirrors the
+        savepoint + IntegrityError recovery pattern used in
+        Importer._find_or_create_source/post (see
+        reference_scalar_one_or_none_duplicates memory). Without this,
+        two concurrent quick-add-source calls hitting the same artist
+        would both miss the existence check and the second INSERT would
+        500 against uq_artist_slug.
+        """
         slug = slugify(raw_name)
         existing = (await self.session.execute(
             select(Artist).where(Artist.slug == slug)
         )).scalar_one_or_none()
         if existing is not None:
             return existing, False
-        artist = Artist(name=raw_name, slug=slug, is_subscription=True)
+        sp = await self.session.begin_nested()
-        self.session.add(artist)
+        try:
-        await self.session.flush()
+            artist = Artist(name=raw_name, slug=slug, is_subscription=True)
-        return artist, True
+            self.session.add(artist)
+            await self.session.flush()
+            await sp.commit()
+            return artist, True
+        except IntegrityError:
+            await sp.rollback()
+            recovered = (await self.session.execute(
+                select(Artist).where(Artist.slug == slug)
+            )).scalar_one()
+            return recovered, False
 
     async def _find_or_create_source(
         self, *, artist_id: int, platform: str, url: str,
     ) -> tuple[Source, bool]:
+        """Race-safe — same pattern as _find_or_create_artist above. The
+        uq_source_artist_platform_url constraint catches the duplicate
+        insert; we roll the savepoint back and re-select."""
         existing = (await self.session.execute(
             select(Source).where(
                 Source.artist_id == artist_id,
@@ -120,8 +141,24 @@ class ExtensionService:
         )).scalar_one_or_none()
         if existing is not None:
             return existing, False
-        src = Source(artist_id=artist_id, platform=platform, url=url, enabled=True)
+        sp = await self.session.begin_nested()
-        self.session.add(src)
+        try:
-        await self.session.flush()
+            src = Source(
+                artist_id=artist_id, platform=platform,
+                url=url, enabled=True,
+            )
+            self.session.add(src)
+            await self.session.flush()
+            await sp.commit()
+        except IntegrityError:
+            await sp.rollback()
+            recovered = (await self.session.execute(
+                select(Source).where(
+                    Source.artist_id == artist_id,
+                    Source.platform == platform,
+                    Source.url == url,
+                )
+            )).scalar_one()
+            return recovered, False
         await self.session.commit()
         return src, True

backend/app/services/gallery_service.py

@@ -1,26 +1,34 @@
 """Cursor-paginated gallery queries.
 
-Cursor format: opaque base64-encoded "<iso8601_created_at>:<image_id>".
+Cursor format: opaque base64-encoded "<iso8601_effective_date>:<image_id>".
-Pagination key is (created_at DESC, id DESC) so we don't drift when new
+
-imports arrive between page loads. Decoding rejects malformed cursors with
+Pagination key is (effective_date DESC, id DESC) where effective_date is
-a ValueError; the API layer translates that to HTTP 400.
+COALESCE(post.post_date, image_record.created_at) so the gallery surfaces
+images by ORIGINAL publish date when known, falling back to FC's scan
+date. Important for migrated content: ~57k IR images scanned in a single
+week would otherwise all share the same created_at and pile up in one
+month bucket. The effective_date spreads them across the years they
+were originally published.
+
+Decoding rejects malformed cursors with a ValueError; the API layer
+translates that to HTTP 400.
 """
 
 import base64
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from datetime import datetime
 
-from sqlalchemy import and_, exists, func, or_, select
+from sqlalchemy import Select, and_, exists, func, or_, select
 from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
 
-from ..models import Artist, ImageProvenance, ImageRecord, Source, Tag
+from ..models import Artist, ImageProvenance, ImageRecord, Post, Source, Tag
 from ..models.tag import image_tag
 
 CURSOR_SEPARATOR = "|"
 
 
-def encode_cursor(created_at: datetime, image_id: int) -> str:
+def encode_cursor(effective_date: datetime, image_id: int) -> str:
-    raw = f"{created_at.isoformat()}{CURSOR_SEPARATOR}{image_id}"
+    raw = f"{effective_date.isoformat()}{CURSOR_SEPARATOR}{image_id}"
     return base64.urlsafe_b64encode(raw.encode()).decode()
 
 
@@ -33,6 +41,26 @@ def decode_cursor(cursor: str) -> tuple[datetime, int]:
         raise ValueError(f"invalid cursor: {cursor!r}") from exc
 
 
+def _effective_date_col():
+    """SQL expression: COALESCE(post.post_date, image_record.created_at).
+
+    Used as the canonical sort/group/filter key across the gallery so
+    images backfilled with primary_post_id (e.g. via tag_apply phase 4)
+    surface at their original publish date, not their FC import date.
+    Images without a Post (or with Post.post_date NULL) fall back to
+    image_record.created_at and still order coherently against
+    post-attached ones.
+    """
+    return func.coalesce(Post.post_date, ImageRecord.created_at)
+
+
+def _outer_join_primary_post(stmt: Select) -> Select:
+    """LEFT JOIN Post on ImageRecord.primary_post_id so the COALESCE
+    above sees Post.post_date when available. Images without a post
+    survive the join as NULL on the Post side; COALESCE handles it."""
+    return stmt.outerjoin(Post, Post.id == ImageRecord.primary_post_id)
+
+
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class GalleryImage:
     id: int
@@ -41,7 +69,9 @@ class GalleryImage:
     mime: str
     width: int | None
     height: int | None
-    created_at: datetime
+    created_at: datetime          # FC's row-insert time
+    effective_date: datetime      # COALESCE(post.post_date, created_at)
+    posted_at: datetime | None    # post.post_date if known, else None
     thumbnail_url: str
     artist: dict | None = None
 
@@ -78,7 +108,7 @@ def _require_single_filter(tag_id, post_id, artist_id) -> None:
 def _provenance_clause(post_id, artist_id):
     """Correlated EXISTS clause (NOT a join) so an image with multiple
     matching provenance rows is returned exactly once and the
-    (created_at DESC, id DESC) cursor ordering is unaffected."""
+    (effective_date DESC, id DESC) cursor ordering is unaffected."""
     if post_id is not None:
         return exists().where(
             ImageProvenance.image_record_id == ImageRecord.id,
@@ -125,7 +155,9 @@ class GalleryService:
             raise ValueError("limit must be between 1 and 200")
         _require_single_filter(tag_id, post_id, artist_id)
 
-        stmt = select(ImageRecord)
+        eff = _effective_date_col()
+        stmt = select(ImageRecord, Post.post_date, eff.label("eff"))
+        stmt = _outer_join_primary_post(stmt)
         if tag_id is not None:
             stmt = stmt.join(image_tag, image_tag.c.image_record_id == ImageRecord.id).where(
                 image_tag.c.tag_id == tag_id
@@ -138,34 +170,38 @@ class GalleryService:
             cur_ts, cur_id = decode_cursor(cursor)
             stmt = stmt.where(
                 or_(
-                    ImageRecord.created_at < cur_ts,
+                    eff < cur_ts,
-                    and_(ImageRecord.created_at == cur_ts, ImageRecord.id < cur_id),
+                    and_(eff == cur_ts, ImageRecord.id < cur_id),
                 )
             )
 
-        stmt = stmt.order_by(ImageRecord.created_at.desc(), ImageRecord.id.desc()).limit(limit + 1)
+        stmt = stmt.order_by(eff.desc(), ImageRecord.id.desc()).limit(limit + 1)
-        rows = (await self.session.execute(stmt)).scalars().all()
+        rows = (await self.session.execute(stmt)).all()
 
         next_cursor = None
         if len(rows) > limit:
-            last = rows[limit - 1]
+            last_record, _last_posted_at, last_eff = rows[limit - 1]
-            next_cursor = encode_cursor(last.created_at, last.id)
+            next_cursor = encode_cursor(last_eff, last_record.id)
             rows = rows[:limit]
 
-        artists = await _artists_for(self.session, [r.id for r in rows])
+        artists = await _artists_for(
+            self.session, [r[0].id for r in rows]
+        )
         images = [
             GalleryImage(
-                id=r.id,
+                id=record.id,
-                path=r.path,
+                path=record.path,
-                sha256=r.sha256,
+                sha256=record.sha256,
-                mime=r.mime,
+                mime=record.mime,
-                width=r.width,
+                width=record.width,
-                height=r.height,
+                height=record.height,
-                created_at=r.created_at,
+                created_at=record.created_at,
-                thumbnail_url=thumbnail_url(r.sha256, r.mime),
+                effective_date=eff_date,
-                artist=artists.get(r.id),
+                posted_at=posted_at,
+                thumbnail_url=thumbnail_url(record.sha256, record.mime),
+                artist=artists.get(record.id),
             )
-            for r in rows
+            for record, posted_at, eff_date in rows
         ]
         return GalleryPage(
             images=images,
@@ -179,11 +215,13 @@ class GalleryService:
         post_id: int | None = None,
         artist_id: int | None = None,
     ) -> list[TimelineBucket]:
-        year_col = func.date_part("year", ImageRecord.created_at).label("yr")
+        eff = _effective_date_col()
-        month_col = func.date_part("month", ImageRecord.created_at).label("mo")
+        year_col = func.date_part("year", eff).label("yr")
+        month_col = func.date_part("month", eff).label("mo")
         stmt = select(
             year_col, month_col, func.count(ImageRecord.id).label("cnt")
         )
+        stmt = _outer_join_primary_post(stmt)
         _require_single_filter(tag_id, post_id, artist_id)
         if tag_id is not None:
             stmt = stmt.join(image_tag, image_tag.c.image_record_id == ImageRecord.id).where(
@@ -201,14 +239,17 @@ class GalleryService:
         post_id: int | None = None, artist_id: int | None = None,
     ) -> str | None:
         """Returns a cursor that, when passed to scroll(), positions at the
-        first image of the given year-month. None if the bucket is empty.
+        first image of the given year-month (by effective_date, not
+        created_at). None if the bucket is empty.
         """
         from sqlalchemy import extract
 
-        stmt = select(ImageRecord).where(
+        eff = _effective_date_col()
-            extract("year", ImageRecord.created_at) == year,
+        stmt = select(ImageRecord, eff.label("eff")).where(
-            extract("month", ImageRecord.created_at) == month,
+            extract("year", eff) == year,
+            extract("month", eff) == month,
         )
+        stmt = _outer_join_primary_post(stmt)
         _require_single_filter(tag_id, post_id, artist_id)
         if tag_id is not None:
             stmt = stmt.join(image_tag, image_tag.c.image_record_id == ImageRecord.id).where(
@@ -217,13 +258,14 @@ class GalleryService:
         prov = _provenance_clause(post_id, artist_id)
         if prov is not None:
             stmt = stmt.where(prov)
-        stmt = stmt.order_by(ImageRecord.created_at.desc(), ImageRecord.id.desc()).limit(1)
+        stmt = stmt.order_by(eff.desc(), ImageRecord.id.desc()).limit(1)
-        first = (await self.session.execute(stmt)).scalar_one_or_none()
+        first = (await self.session.execute(stmt)).first()
         if first is None:
             return None
+        record, eff_date = first
         # Cursor is exclusive; we encode a cursor with id+1 so the row itself
         # is the first result in the next scroll().
-        return encode_cursor(first.created_at, first.id + 1)
+        return encode_cursor(eff_date, record.id + 1)
 
     async def get_image_with_tags(self, image_id: int) -> dict | None:
         record = await self.session.get(ImageRecord, image_id)
@@ -236,6 +278,13 @@ class GalleryService:
             .order_by(Tag.kind.asc(), Tag.name.asc())
         )
         tags = (await self.session.execute(tag_stmt)).scalars().all()
+        # Fetch the canonical post.post_date for this image (if any) so
+        # the modal can show "Posted on <date>" alongside import date.
+        posted_at = None
+        if record.primary_post_id is not None:
+            posted_at = (await self.session.execute(
+                select(Post.post_date).where(Post.id == record.primary_post_id)
+            )).scalar_one_or_none()
         neighbors = await self._neighbors(record)
         # Direct artist FK — used by the modal's ProvenancePanel as a
         # fallback when ImageProvenance is empty (i.e., filesystem-
@@ -256,6 +305,7 @@ class GalleryService:
             "size_bytes": record.size_bytes,
             "integrity_status": record.integrity_status,
             "created_at": record.created_at.isoformat(),
+            "posted_at": posted_at.isoformat() if posted_at else None,
             "thumbnail_url": thumbnail_url(record.sha256, record.mime),
             "image_url": f"/images/{record.path.split('/images/', 1)[-1]}",
             "artist": (
@@ -275,34 +325,41 @@ class GalleryService:
         }
 
     async def _neighbors(self, record: ImageRecord) -> dict:
-        prev_stmt = (
+        # Compute the boundary image's effective_date in Python (one query
-            select(ImageRecord.id)
+        # below + the SELECT we already have on `record`) and use it for
-            .where(
+        # the neighbor comparison. Cheaper than re-deriving in SQL via
+        # correlated subquery.
+        boundary_eff = record.created_at
+        if record.primary_post_id is not None:
+            post_date = (await self.session.execute(
+                select(Post.post_date).where(Post.id == record.primary_post_id)
+            )).scalar_one_or_none()
+            if post_date is not None:
+                boundary_eff = post_date
+
+        eff = _effective_date_col()
+        prev_stmt = _outer_join_primary_post(
+            select(ImageRecord.id).where(
                 or_(
-                    ImageRecord.created_at > record.created_at,
+                    eff > boundary_eff,
                     and_(
-                        ImageRecord.created_at == record.created_at,
+                        eff == boundary_eff,
                         ImageRecord.id > record.id,
                     ),
                 )
             )
-            .order_by(ImageRecord.created_at.asc(), ImageRecord.id.asc())
+        ).order_by(eff.asc(), ImageRecord.id.asc()).limit(1)
-            .limit(1)
+        next_stmt = _outer_join_primary_post(
-        )
+            select(ImageRecord.id).where(
-        next_stmt = (
-            select(ImageRecord.id)
-            .where(
                 or_(
-                    ImageRecord.created_at < record.created_at,
+                    eff < boundary_eff,
                     and_(
-                        ImageRecord.created_at == record.created_at,
+                        eff == boundary_eff,
                         ImageRecord.id < record.id,
                     ),
                 )
             )
-            .order_by(ImageRecord.created_at.desc(), ImageRecord.id.desc())
+        ).order_by(eff.desc(), ImageRecord.id.desc()).limit(1)
-            .limit(1)
-        )
         prev_id = (await self.session.execute(prev_stmt)).scalar_one_or_none()
         next_id = (await self.session.execute(next_stmt)).scalar_one_or_none()
         return {"prev_id": prev_id, "next_id": next_id}
@@ -311,9 +368,11 @@ class GalleryService:
 def _group_by_year_month(
     images: list[GalleryImage],
 ) -> list[tuple[int, int, list[int]]]:
+    """Group by effective_date's year/month so migrated content surfaces
+    in the publish-date buckets, not the FC-scan-date bucket."""
     groups: list[tuple[int, int, list[int]]] = []
     for img in images:
-        y, m = img.created_at.year, img.created_at.month
+        y, m = img.effective_date.year, img.effective_date.month
         if groups and groups[-1][0] == y and groups[-1][1] == m:
             groups[-1][2].append(img.id)
         else:

backend/app/services/importer.py

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 
 from PIL import Image
 from sqlalchemy import select
+from sqlalchemy.exc import IntegrityError
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
 
 from ..models import (
@@ -51,7 +52,14 @@ class SkipReason(StrEnum):
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class ImportResult:
-    status: str  # 'imported'|'skipped'|'failed'|'superseded'|'attached'
+    # 'imported'   — new ImageRecord row created
+    # 'superseded' — existing ImageRecord row got the new file (larger) + sidecar
+    # 'attached'   — non-media saved as PostAttachment
+    # 'refreshed'  — deep scan re-applied sidecar / filled NULL phash / NULL
+    #                artist on an already-imported row (no new ImageRecord)
+    # 'skipped'    — no work done (true duplicate, too small, etc.)
+    # 'failed'     — pipeline error
+    status: str
     image_id: int | None = None
     skip_reason: SkipReason | None = None
     error: str | None = None
@@ -71,6 +79,31 @@ def is_video(path: Path) -> bool:
     return path.suffix.lower() in VIDEO_EXTS
 
 
+def _safe_ext(path: Path) -> str:
+    """Conservatively extract a file extension for PostAttachment.ext
+    (varchar(32)).
+
+    gallery-dl produces some filenames with URL-encoded query-string
+    artifacts embedded into the basename (e.g.
+    `79507046_media_..._https___www.patreon.com_media-u_Z0FBQUFBQm5q...`).
+    `Path.suffix` finds the LAST dot and returns everything after, which
+    in those cases yields a 50+ char "extension" of mostly base64-ish
+    junk. That blows the column. Operator-flagged 2026-05-25.
+
+    Real extensions are short and alphanumeric. We accept anything ≤ 16
+    chars where every post-dot character is alphanumeric; anything else
+    means the input wasn't a real extension and we return the empty
+    string. ext is nullable-ish (empty string still satisfies NOT NULL)
+    and consumers should treat "" as "no known extension".
+    """
+    suffix = path.suffix.lower()
+    if not suffix or len(suffix) > 16:
+        return ""
+    if not all(c.isalnum() for c in suffix[1:]):
+        return ""
+    return suffix
+
+
 def _mime_for(path: Path) -> str:
     suffix = path.suffix.lower()
     image_mimes = {
@@ -126,6 +159,179 @@ class Importer:
         self.settings = settings
         self.deep = deep
         self.attachments = AttachmentStore(images_root)
+        # phash near-dup candidate cache. Archive imports call _import_media
+        # per-member; without this cache the per-member SELECT *FROM
+        # image_record WHERE phash IS NOT NULL fetch repeats N times and a
+        # large library × many-member archive blew past soft_time_limit
+        # (300s) — operator-flagged 2026-05-25. Loaded lazily on first
+        # need, appended to on every imported/superseded outcome, never
+        # invalidated mid-Importer (Importer instances are per-task /
+        # per-archive-import so cross-instance staleness is harmless).
+        self._phash_candidates: list[tuple] | None = None
+
+    def _phash_candidates_cache(self) -> list[tuple]:
+        """Cached `(phash, width, height, id)` rows from image_record.
+        Loaded on first call, appended-to on subsequent imported/
+        superseded outcomes. Soft-timeout pattern: an archive with N
+        members + a library of M existing rows used to do N × M-row
+        fetches (operator-flagged 2026-05-25); now it's exactly one.
+
+        The per-task lifecycle of Importer (instantiated fresh by
+        import_media_file) bounds the cache's staleness window: cross-
+        process changes (other workers importing concurrently) won't
+        be reflected, but that's the same race the un-cached version
+        had — `find_similar` is best-effort anyway."""
+        if self._phash_candidates is None:
+            rows = self.session.execute(
+                select(
+                    ImageRecord.phash,
+                    ImageRecord.width,
+                    ImageRecord.height,
+                    ImageRecord.id,
+                ).where(ImageRecord.phash.is_not(None))
+            ).all()
+            self._phash_candidates = [
+                (r.phash, r.width or 0, r.height or 0, r.id) for r in rows
+            ]
+        return self._phash_candidates
+
+    def _phash_cache_append(self, phash, width, height, image_id) -> None:
+        """Append a freshly-imported row to the cache so subsequent
+        members of the same archive can match against it."""
+        if self._phash_candidates is not None and phash is not None:
+            self._phash_candidates.append(
+                (phash, width or 0, height or 0, image_id)
+            )
+
+    def _find_or_create_source(
+        self, *, artist_id: int, platform: str, url: str,
+    ) -> Source:
+        """Race-safe find-or-create on `source` keyed by
+        (artist_id, platform, url) — the same key as the
+        `uq_source_artist_platform_url` constraint.
+
+        Two concurrent workers processing different files in the same
+        post can both find no existing Source row then both INSERT,
+        which trips the unique constraint and poisons the session with
+        `psycopg.errors.UniqueViolation`. Operator-flagged 2026-05-26.
+
+        Pattern: select; if absent, open a savepoint and INSERT.
+        On IntegrityError, roll the savepoint back (NOT the outer
+        transaction, which would lose the surrounding scan's progress)
+        and re-select — the concurrent op just created the row we
+        wanted, so the second select will find it.
+        """
+        existing = self.session.execute(
+            select(Source).where(
+                Source.artist_id == artist_id,
+                Source.platform == platform,
+                Source.url == url,
+            )
+        ).scalar_one_or_none()
+        if existing is not None:
+            return existing
+        sp = self.session.begin_nested()
+        try:
+            row = Source(artist_id=artist_id, platform=platform, url=url)
+            self.session.add(row)
+            self.session.flush()
+            sp.commit()
+            return row
+        except IntegrityError:
+            sp.rollback()
+            return self.session.execute(
+                select(Source).where(
+                    Source.artist_id == artist_id,
+                    Source.platform == platform,
+                    Source.url == url,
+                )
+            ).scalar_one()
+
+    def _source_for_sidecar(
+        self, *, artist_id: int, platform: str, artist_slug: str,
+    ) -> Source:
+        """Filesystem-import sidecar Source resolver.
+
+        Source represents a subscription feed (one per artist+platform — the
+        gallery-dl URL polled by the FC-3 downloader). The filesystem importer
+        used to call _find_or_create_source(url=sd.post_url), which created
+        one Source row per post URL — 100s of junk Sources per artist, all
+        with enabled=True, polluting the artist detail page and tricking the
+        subscription checker into trying to poll patreon post URLs as feeds.
+        Operator-flagged 2026-05-26.
+
+        New behaviour: if any Source row exists for (artist_id, platform),
+        reuse it regardless of its URL — the artist's real subscription Source
+        (created by the downloader / extension / UI) is the canonical
+        attachment point for filesystem-imported posts. If none exists, create
+        ONE synthetic anchor with url='sidecar:<platform>:<artist_slug>' and
+        enabled=False (so the subscription checker doesn't poll it).
+        """
+        existing = self.session.execute(
+            select(Source)
+            .where(
+                Source.artist_id == artist_id,
+                Source.platform == platform,
+            )
+            .order_by(Source.id.asc())
+            .limit(1)
+        ).scalar_one_or_none()
+        if existing is not None:
+            return existing
+        synthetic_url = f"sidecar:{platform}:{artist_slug}"
+        sp = self.session.begin_nested()
+        try:
+            row = Source(
+                artist_id=artist_id,
+                platform=platform,
+                url=synthetic_url,
+                enabled=False,
+            )
+            self.session.add(row)
+            self.session.flush()
+            sp.commit()
+            return row
+        except IntegrityError:
+            sp.rollback()
+            return self.session.execute(
+                select(Source)
+                .where(
+                    Source.artist_id == artist_id,
+                    Source.platform == platform,
+                )
+                .order_by(Source.id.asc())
+                .limit(1)
+            ).scalar_one()
+
+    def _find_or_create_post(
+        self, *, source_id: int, external_post_id: str,
+    ) -> Post:
+        """Race-safe find-or-create on `post` keyed by
+        (source_id, external_post_id). Mirrors `_find_or_create_source`
+        — same savepoint + IntegrityError-recovery pattern."""
+        existing = self.session.execute(
+            select(Post).where(
+                Post.source_id == source_id,
+                Post.external_post_id == external_post_id,
+            )
+        ).scalar_one_or_none()
+        if existing is not None:
+            return existing
+        sp = self.session.begin_nested()
+        try:
+            row = Post(source_id=source_id, external_post_id=external_post_id)
+            self.session.add(row)
+            self.session.flush()
+            sp.commit()
+            return row
+        except IntegrityError:
+            sp.rollback()
+            return self.session.execute(
+                select(Post).where(
+                    Post.source_id == source_id,
+                    Post.external_post_id == external_post_id,
+                )
+            ).scalar_one()
 
     def import_one(self, source: Path) -> ImportResult:
         """Dispatch by kind. Media → normal pipeline. Archive → extract
@@ -165,30 +371,13 @@ class Importer:
             return None
         sd = parse_sidecar(data)
         platform = sd.platform or "unknown"
-        url = sd.post_url or f"sidecar:{platform}"
+        src = self._source_for_sidecar(
-        src = self.session.execute(
+            artist_id=artist.id, platform=platform, artist_slug=artist.slug,
-            select(Source).where(
+        )
-                Source.artist_id == artist.id,
-                Source.platform == platform,
-                Source.url == url,
-            )
-        ).scalar_one_or_none()
-        if src is None:
-            src = Source(artist_id=artist.id, platform=platform, url=url)
-            self.session.add(src)
-            self.session.flush()
         epid = sd.external_post_id or sc.stem
-        post = self.session.execute(
+        return self._find_or_create_post(
-            select(Post).where(
+            source_id=src.id, external_post_id=epid,
-                Post.source_id == src.id,
+        )
-                Post.external_post_id == epid,
-            )
-        ).scalar_one_or_none()
-        if post is None:
-            post = Post(source_id=src.id, external_post_id=epid)
-            self.session.add(post)
-            self.session.flush()
-        return post
 
     def _capture_attachment(
         self, source: Path, *, post: Post | None = None,
@@ -209,7 +398,7 @@ class Importer:
                 sha256=sha,
                 path=stored,
                 original_filename=source.name,
-                ext=source.suffix.lower(),
+                ext=_safe_ext(source),
                 mime=_mime_for(source),
                 size_bytes=source.stat().st_size,
             ))
@@ -280,7 +469,18 @@ class Importer:
                 )
 
             if self.settings.skip_transparent and has_alpha:
-                pct = self._transparency_pct(source)
+                try:
+                    pct = self._transparency_pct(source)
+                except OSError as exc:
+                    # PIL.verify() at line 263 only validates header structure;
+                    # truncated/corrupt pixel data only surfaces when load()
+                    # actually decodes (here via getchannel('A')). Convert to
+                    # invalid_image skip so the Celery autoretry loop doesn't
+                    # bounce the same broken file forever.
+                    return ImportResult(
+                        status="skipped", skip_reason=SkipReason.invalid_image,
+                        error=f"PIL load failed during transparency check: {exc}",
+                    )
                 if pct >= self.settings.transparency_threshold:
                     return ImportResult(
                         status="skipped", skip_reason=SkipReason.too_transparent,
@@ -302,21 +502,18 @@ class Importer:
         # Perceptual near-dup (images only; videos keep phash NULL).
         phash = None
         if not is_video(source):
-            with Image.open(source) as im:
+            try:
-                phash = compute_phash(im)
+                with Image.open(source) as im:
+                    phash = compute_phash(im)
+            except OSError as exc:
+                # Same rationale as the transparency-check guard above:
+                # broken-pixel-data files pass verify() but blow up here.
+                return ImportResult(
+                    status="skipped", skip_reason=SkipReason.invalid_image,
+                    error=f"PIL load failed during phash compute: {exc}",
+                )
             if phash is not None:
-                cand_rows = self.session.execute(
+                candidates = self._phash_candidates_cache()
-                    select(
-                        ImageRecord.phash,
-                        ImageRecord.width,
-                        ImageRecord.height,
-                        ImageRecord.id,
-                    ).where(ImageRecord.phash.is_not(None))
-                ).all()
-                candidates = [
-                    (c.phash, c.width or 0, c.height or 0, c.id)
-                    for c in cand_rows
-                ]
                 rel, match_id = find_similar(
                     phash, width or 0, height or 0,
                     candidates, self.settings.phash_threshold,
@@ -350,6 +547,7 @@ class Importer:
         )
         self.session.add(record)
         self.session.flush()
+        self._phash_cache_append(phash, width, height, record.id)
 
         # Folder→artist (anchored to attribution_path).
         artist = None
@@ -373,13 +571,27 @@ class Importer:
     ) -> ImportResult:
         """Deep scan: backfill phash/provenance/artist on an
         already-imported record. METADATA ONLY — never re-runs the pHash
-        near-dup / supersede path. NULL-only, idempotent."""
+        near-dup / supersede path. NULL-only on phash/artist, additive on
+        sidecar Post/Source/ImageProvenance (via _apply_sidecar).
+        Idempotent: a second deep-scan over the same file finds nothing
+        to refresh and is a no-op.
+
+        Returns status="refreshed" so the UI can surface the work done
+        instead of the prior misleading "skipped/duplicate_hash" reading.
+        Operator-flagged 2026-05-25 — IR has had this; FC inherited it
+        as a no-op skip during the original port and the UI showed deep
+        scan as "completed with no changes" even when sidecar metadata
+        actually got re-applied to N existing rows.
+        """
         if existing.phash is None and not is_video(source):
             try:
                 with Image.open(source) as im:
                     ph = compute_phash(im)
                 if ph is not None:
                     existing.phash = ph
+                    # Promoted from NULL to non-NULL → cache is now stale
+                    # (this row would newly qualify for the candidates set).
+                    self._phash_candidates = None
             except Exception as exc:
                 log.warning("deep rephash failed for %s: %s", source, exc)
 
@@ -392,10 +604,7 @@ class Importer:
 
         self._apply_sidecar(existing, attribution_path, artist)
         self.session.commit()
-        return ImportResult(
+        return ImportResult(status="refreshed", image_id=existing.id)
-            status="skipped", skip_reason=SkipReason.duplicate_hash,
-            image_id=existing.id, error="deep: re-derived",
-        )
 
     def attach_in_place(
         self,
@@ -479,18 +688,7 @@ class Importer:
             except Exception:
                 phash = None
             if phash is not None:
-                cand_rows = self.session.execute(
+                candidates = self._phash_candidates_cache()
-                    select(
-                        ImageRecord.phash,
-                        ImageRecord.width,
-                        ImageRecord.height,
-                        ImageRecord.id,
-                    ).where(ImageRecord.phash.is_not(None))
-                ).all()
-                candidates = [
-                    (c.phash, c.width or 0, c.height or 0, c.id)
-                    for c in cand_rows
-                ]
                 rel, match_id = find_similar(
                     phash, width or 0, height or 0,
                     candidates, self.settings.phash_threshold,
@@ -525,6 +723,7 @@ class Importer:
             record.artist_id = artist.id
         self.session.add(record)
         self.session.flush()
+        self._phash_cache_append(phash, width, height, record.id)
 
         # Sidecar provenance (best-effort). When `source` is passed, link
         # the post to that subscription Source instead of creating a new
@@ -619,30 +818,15 @@ class Importer:
             src = explicit_source
         else:
             platform = sd.platform or "unknown"
-            url = sd.post_url or f"sidecar:{platform}"
+            src = self._source_for_sidecar(
-            src = self.session.execute(
+                artist_id=artist.id, platform=platform,
-                select(Source).where(
+                artist_slug=artist.slug,
-                    Source.artist_id == artist.id,
+            )
-                    Source.platform == platform,
-                    Source.url == url,
-                )
-            ).scalar_one_or_none()
-            if src is None:
-                src = Source(artist_id=artist.id, platform=platform, url=url)
-                self.session.add(src)
-                self.session.flush()
 
         epid = sd.external_post_id or sc.stem
-        post = self.session.execute(
+        post = self._find_or_create_post(
-            select(Post).where(
+            source_id=src.id, external_post_id=epid,
-                Post.source_id == src.id,
+        )
-                Post.external_post_id == epid,
-            )
-        ).scalar_one_or_none()
-        if post is None:
-            post = Post(source_id=src.id, external_post_id=epid)
-            self.session.add(post)
-            self.session.flush()
         if sd.post_url is not None:
             post.post_url = sd.post_url
         if sd.post_title is not None:
@@ -655,6 +839,15 @@ class Importer:
             post.attachment_count = sd.attachment_count
         post.raw_metadata = sd.raw
 
+        # Race-safe (image_record_id, post_id) upsert — mirrors the
+        # _find_or_create_source/post savepoint pattern. The plain
+        # SELECT-then-INSERT pattern lost a race when two workers ran
+        # _apply_sidecar on the same (image, post) pair (e.g. the 5-min
+        # recovery sweep re-enqueued a still-running long import), planting
+        # duplicates that then broke .scalar_one_or_none() on every later
+        # deep-scan rederive (MultipleResultsFound). Alembic 0021 adds the
+        # uq_image_provenance_image_post UNIQUE so this savepoint actually
+        # trips on collision.
         exists = self.session.execute(
             select(ImageProvenance.id).where(
                 ImageProvenance.image_record_id == record.id,
@@ -662,14 +855,20 @@ class Importer:
             )
         ).scalar_one_or_none()
         if exists is None:
-            self.session.add(
+            sp = self.session.begin_nested()
-                ImageProvenance(
+            try:
-                    image_record_id=record.id,
+                self.session.add(
-                    post_id=post.id,
+                    ImageProvenance(
-                    source_id=src.id,
+                        image_record_id=record.id,
-                    captured_metadata=sd.raw,
+                        post_id=post.id,
+                        source_id=src.id,
+                        captured_metadata=sd.raw,
+                    )
                 )
-            )
+                self.session.flush()
+                sp.commit()
+            except IntegrityError:
+                sp.rollback()
         if record.primary_post_id is None:
             record.primary_post_id = post.id
         self.session.flush()
@@ -703,6 +902,15 @@ class Importer:
         row id (so tags/series/curation stay attached). ML is cleared so
         the import task re-derives it on the new pixels.
 
+        After the file swap, the new file's adjacent gallery-dl sidecar
+        (if any) is applied via _apply_sidecar — operator-flagged
+        2026-05-25: scanning a GS download dir with smaller IR-migrated
+        images on the receiving end used to swap files but lose the GS
+        sidecar's post metadata entirely. _apply_sidecar is additive
+        (find-or-create Post / Source / ImageProvenance, NULL-only
+        primary_post_id update) so any pre-existing Post linkage
+        survives untouched.
+
         If `new_path` is provided, `source` is assumed to ALREADY be at
         that path (FC-3c attach_in_place case) — skip the copy step.
         Otherwise the file is copied via _copy_to_library."""
@@ -731,6 +939,26 @@ class Importer:
         # created_at intentionally preserved; updated_at auto-bumps.
         self.session.flush()
         self.session.commit()
+        # The phash candidate cache (used to avoid N+1 selects during
+        # archive imports) is now stale for `existing.id` — the row's
+        # phash/dimensions changed. Invalidate; the next call re-fetches.
+        self._phash_candidates = None
+
+        # Sidecar enrichment from the new (larger) file's location.
+        # _apply_sidecar resolves artist from the sidecar itself if the
+        # existing row has none, and is internally guarded against
+        # missing-or-malformed sidecars (silent return).
+        try:
+            self._apply_sidecar(existing, source, None)
+        except Exception as exc:
+            # Don't unwind the supersede DB swap if sidecar parsing
+            # blows up unexpectedly — the file replacement is the
+            # critical operation, sidecar is enrichment.
+            log.warning(
+                "sidecar enrichment failed during supersede of "
+                "image_record.id=%s from %s: %s",
+                existing.id, source, exc,
+            )
 
         for stale in (old_path, old_thumb):
             if not stale or stale == str(dest):
@@ -746,8 +974,26 @@ class Importer:
                 pass
 
     def _transparency_pct(self, source: Path) -> float:
-        """Fraction of fully-transparent pixels in the image. 0.0 if no alpha."""
+        """Fraction of fully-transparent pixels in the image. 0.0 if no alpha.
+
+        For animated formats (multi-frame WebP / GIF / APNG), short-circuit
+        to 0.0 instead of decoding every frame. PIL's `getchannel("A")`
+        forces a full decode of all frames in an animated image, which for
+        a large animated WebP takes 5+ minutes and blows past the Celery
+        soft+hard time limits (300s/360s → SIGKILL). Operator-flagged
+        2026-05-26. Transparency analysis on a multi-frame image isn't
+        meaningful for art-curation purposes anyway — different frames
+        have different alpha — so the existing too_transparent skip rule
+        is bypassed entirely for animated content.
+        """
         with Image.open(source) as im:
+            if getattr(im, "is_animated", False):
+                log.info(
+                    "skipping transparency check for animated image %s "
+                    "(n_frames=%d) — avoids multi-frame decode timeout",
+                    source, getattr(im, "n_frames", 0),
+                )
+                return 0.0
             if im.mode not in ("RGBA", "LA") and not (
                 im.mode == "P" and "transparency" in im.info
             ):

backend/app/services/migrators/__init__.py

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 """FC-5 migration tooling.
 
-One module per concern (backup/rollback/gs/ir/overlap/ml_queue/verify).
+One module per concern (gs/ir/overlap/ml_queue/verify/cleanup).
 Each migrator returns a counts dict; the run_migration task wires
 that dict into MigrationRun.counts so the UI polling shows progress.
+
+backup + rollback were retired in FC-3h (2026-05-24); first-class
+backup lives at backend/app/services/backup_service.py and exposes
+its own /api/system/backup/* surface.
 """

backend/app/services/migrators/backup.py

@@ -1,146 +0,0 @@
-"""pg_dump + tar.zst-based backup, restorable via pair of subprocess calls.
-
-Backups live under <images_root>/_backups/. Each backup is two files
-(SQL + tarball) plus a manifest JSON. Tagged backups (e.g. tag='pre_migration')
-are how rollback.py finds the most recent restorable snapshot.
-"""
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-import json
-import shutil
-import subprocess
-from datetime import UTC, datetime
-from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any
-
-_BACKUPS_DIRNAME = "_backups"
-
-
-def _libpq_url(sa_url: str) -> str:
-    """Strip SQLAlchemy driver suffix so pg_dump/psql accept the URL.
-
-    SQLAlchemy uses URLs like `postgresql+psycopg://...` or
-    `postgresql+asyncpg://...`. libpq tools (pg_dump, psql) only know
-    the plain `postgresql://` scheme.
-    """
-    for driver in ("postgresql+psycopg", "postgresql+asyncpg", "postgresql+psycopg2"):
-        if sa_url.startswith(driver + "://"):
-            return "postgresql://" + sa_url[len(driver) + 3:]
-    return sa_url
-
-
-def _backups_dir(images_root: Path | None = None) -> Path:
-    # Overridable for tests via monkeypatch.
-    root = images_root if images_root is not None else Path("/images")
-    p = root / _BACKUPS_DIRNAME
-    p.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-    return p
-
-
-_DEFAULT_SUBPROCESS_TIMEOUT_S = 30 * 60  # 30 minutes
-
-
-def _run_subprocess(cmd: list[str], **kwargs: Any):
-    # Overridable for tests via monkeypatch. Hard wall-clock timeout
-    # guards against pg_dump / tar / zstd hangs on NFS — without it the
-    # task pretends to be 'running' forever (operator hit this 2026-05-
-    # 23 with two backups stuck in MigrationRun). On timeout
-    # subprocess.run raises TimeoutExpired which the caller surfaces as
-    # a task error.
-    return subprocess.run(
-        cmd,
-        capture_output=True,
-        check=True,
-        timeout=_DEFAULT_SUBPROCESS_TIMEOUT_S,
-        **{k: v for k, v in kwargs.items() if not k.startswith("_")},
-    )
-
-
-def create_backup(
-    *, db_url: str, images_root: Path, tag: str = "manual",
-) -> dict:
-    """Create a backup: pg_dump SQL + tar.zst of images.
-
-    Returns a manifest dict. Writes <ts>.sql, <ts>.tar.zst, <ts>.json into
-    <images_root>/_backups/.
-    """
-    ts = datetime.now(UTC).strftime("%Y%m%dT%H%M%SZ")
-    out_dir = _backups_dir(images_root)
-    sql_path = out_dir / f"fc_{ts}.sql"
-    tar_path = out_dir / f"fc_{ts}.tar.zst"
-    manifest_path = out_dir / f"fc_{ts}.json"
-
-    _run_subprocess(
-        ["pg_dump", "--no-owner", "--no-acl", "-f", str(sql_path), _libpq_url(db_url)],
-        _test_ts=ts,
-    )
-    _run_subprocess(
-        [
-            "tar", "--zstd", "-cf", str(tar_path),
-            "-C", str(images_root.parent), images_root.name,
-            f"--exclude={images_root.name}/_backups",
-            f"--exclude={images_root.name}/_quarantine",
-        ],
-        _test_ts=ts,
-    )
-
-    manifest = {
-        "backup_id": ts,
-        "tag": tag,
-        "created_at": datetime.now(UTC).isoformat(),
-        "sql_path": str(sql_path),
-        "tar_path": str(tar_path),
-    }
-    manifest_path.write_text(json.dumps(manifest, indent=2))
-    return manifest
-
-
-def list_backups(images_root: Path) -> list[dict]:
-    out_dir = _backups_dir(images_root)
-    items = []
-    for mf in sorted(out_dir.glob("fc_*.json"), reverse=True):
-        try:
-            items.append(json.loads(mf.read_text()))
-        except Exception:
-            continue
-    return items
-
-
-def find_latest_backup(images_root: Path, *, tag: str) -> dict | None:
-    for mf in list_backups(images_root):
-        if mf.get("tag") == tag:
-            return mf
-    return None
-
-
-def restore_backup(
-    *, manifest: dict, db_url: str, images_root: Path,
-) -> dict:
-    """Restore from a backup manifest.
-
-    1. Replay the .sql via psql.
-    2. Wipe /images/ contents (except _backups/, which holds the file we're using).
-    3. Untar the .tar.zst into /images/.
-    """
-    sql_path = Path(manifest["sql_path"])
-    tar_path = Path(manifest["tar_path"])
-
-    _run_subprocess(
-        ["psql", "-d", _libpq_url(db_url), "-f", str(sql_path)],
-    )
-
-    # Wipe everything in images_root EXCEPT _backups/ (we'd delete the backup
-    # we're restoring from!).
-    for entry in images_root.iterdir():
-        if entry.name == _BACKUPS_DIRNAME:
-            continue
-        if entry.is_dir():
-            shutil.rmtree(entry)
-        else:
-            entry.unlink()
-
-    _run_subprocess(
-        ["tar", "--zstd", "-xf", str(tar_path), "-C", str(images_root.parent)],
-    )
-
-    return {"restored_from": manifest["backup_id"]}

backend/app/services/migrators/rollback.py

@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-"""Restore from the most recent 'pre_migration'-tagged backup."""
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-from pathlib import Path
-
-from . import backup as backup_mod
-
-
-class NoBackupFoundError(Exception):
-    """Raised when rollback() is called with no pre_migration backup on disk."""
-
-
-def rollback_to_pre_migration(*, db_url: str, images_root: Path) -> dict:
-    manifest = backup_mod.find_latest_backup(images_root, tag="pre_migration")
-    if manifest is None:
-        raise NoBackupFoundError(
-            "no pre_migration-tagged backup found under <images_root>/_backups/"
-        )
-    return backup_mod.restore_backup(
-        manifest=manifest, db_url=db_url, images_root=images_root,
-    )

backend/app/services/migrators/tag_apply.py

@@ -37,13 +37,25 @@ from ...utils.slug import slugify
 from .ir_ingest import manifest_path
 
 # Per-platform artist-profile URL — used as Source.url when restoring
-# IR PostMetadata into FC. Keep this table in sync with
+# IR PostMetadata into FC. Must cover every platform that
-# backend/app/services/extension_service.py:_PLATFORM_PATTERNS and
+# backend/app/services/extension_service.py:_PLATFORM_PATTERNS
-# extension/lib/platforms.js.
+# recognizes; an entry missing here silently drops ALL PostMetadata for
+# that platform during phase 4 (operator hit this 2026-05-25:
+# DeviantArt + Pixiv posts in the IR migration produced empty
+# ImageProvenance because they fell through this table).
+#
+# Pixiv caveat: the real profile URL takes a numeric user_id
+# (https://www.pixiv.net/users/12345), but IR's PostMetadata.artist
+# stores the display name not the id. We use the slugified name here
+# so we preserve the artist→post→image linkage; the resulting Source.url
+# won't resolve in a browser and the operator may want to manually fix
+# it via Settings → Subscriptions once the migration lands.
 _PLATFORM_PROFILE_URL = {
     "patreon":       "https://www.patreon.com/{slug}",
     "subscribestar": "https://www.subscribestar.com/{slug}",
     "hentaifoundry": "https://www.hentai-foundry.com/user/{slug}",
+    "deviantart":    "https://www.deviantart.com/{slug}",
+    "pixiv":         "https://www.pixiv.net/users/{slug}",
 }
 
 
@@ -110,7 +122,14 @@ async def _ensure_provenance(
     db: AsyncSession, *,
     image_id: int, post_id: int, source_id: int, dry_run: bool,
 ) -> bool:
-    """Returns True if a new ImageProvenance row was inserted."""
+    """Returns True if a new ImageProvenance row was inserted.
+
+    Also sets ImageRecord.primary_post_id to this post if the image
+    doesn't already have one — preserves any primary_post_id already
+    assigned at download time by the importer (don't clobber). This is
+    the linkage gallery_service.py uses to surface Post.post_date as
+    the image's effective date for sort/group/jump/neighbor nav.
+    """
     existing = (await db.execute(
         select(ImageProvenance.id).where(
             ImageProvenance.image_record_id == image_id,
@@ -118,6 +137,18 @@ async def _ensure_provenance(
             ImageProvenance.source_id == source_id,
         )
     )).scalar_one_or_none()
+
+    # Whether-or-not the provenance row already exists, ensure the
+    # image's primary_post_id is set so the gallery date-coalesce works.
+    # Idempotent: only writes when currently NULL.
+    if not dry_run:
+        await db.execute(
+            ImageRecord.__table__.update()
+            .where(ImageRecord.id == image_id)
+            .where(ImageRecord.primary_post_id.is_(None))
+            .values(primary_post_id=post_id)
+        )
+
     if existing is not None:
         return False
     if dry_run:

backend/app/services/ml/embedder.py

@@ -34,10 +34,21 @@ class Embedder:
         if self._model is not None:
             return
         import torch
-        from transformers import AutoModel, AutoProcessor
+        from transformers import AutoModel, SiglipImageProcessor
 
         self._torch = torch
-        self._processor = AutoProcessor.from_pretrained(str(self._model_dir))
+        # FC's embedder only does IMAGE inference — never text. AutoProcessor
+        # loads the full processor including SiglipTokenizer, which requires
+        # the sentencepiece library at import time even if we never call it.
+        # SiglipImageProcessor loads ONLY preprocessor_config.json (image
+        # side) and skips the tokenizer config entirely. Operator hit the
+        # ImportError 2026-05-25 once the ml-worker started actually running
+        # tag_and_embed; switching to the image-only loader avoids the
+        # tokenizer dep without adding ~30 MB of unused C++ build to the
+        # lean ml-worker image.
+        self._processor = SiglipImageProcessor.from_pretrained(
+            str(self._model_dir)
+        )
         self._model = AutoModel.from_pretrained(str(self._model_dir))
         self._model.eval()
 

backend/app/services/ml/tagger.py

@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@ CPU-only, single-image at a time. Loaded lazily inside the ml-worker
 process; NOT thread-safe — the ml queue worker must run --concurrency=1
 (set by the FC-1 entrypoint).
 
-Camie's selected_tags.csv columns: tag_id,name,category,count
+v2 layout reference: HuggingFace Camais03/camie-tagger-v2 root has
-where category is a string: general|character|copyright|artist|meta|rating|year
+camie-tagger-v2.onnx (789 MB) + camie-tagger-v2-metadata.json (7.77 MB)
-(unlike WD14's integer Danbooru category ids).
++ config.json. Tags ship as nested JSON, not CSV. Preprocessing and
+output handling follow the published onnx_inference.py reference:
+ImageNet normalize, NCHW layout, sigmoid on refined logits (output[1]).
 """
 
-import csv
+import json
 import os
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -28,6 +30,8 @@ ImageFile.LOAD_TRUNCATED_IMAGES = True
 
 MODEL_NAME = os.environ.get("CAMIE_MODEL_NAME", "camie-tagger-v2")
 _MODEL_DIR = Path(os.environ.get("ML_MODEL_DIR", "/models")) / "camie"
+_MODEL_FILE = f"{MODEL_NAME}.onnx"
+_METADATA_FILE = f"{MODEL_NAME}-metadata.json"
 
 # Below this confidence, predictions aren't stored (keeps the JSON compact).
 STORE_FLOOR = float(os.environ.get("TAGGER_STORE_FLOOR", "0.05"))
@@ -39,6 +43,12 @@ STORE_FLOOR = float(os.environ.get("TAGGER_STORE_FLOOR", "0.05"))
 # stored at STORE_FLOOR but artist never surfaces.
 SURFACED_CATEGORIES = {"character", "copyright", "general"}
 
+# ImageNet preprocessing constants (per Camie v2 onnx_inference.py).
+_IMAGENET_MEAN = np.array([0.485, 0.456, 0.406], dtype=np.float32)
+_IMAGENET_STD = np.array([0.229, 0.224, 0.225], dtype=np.float32)
+# Square-pad color ≈ ImageNet mean × 255 (matches reference inference).
+_PAD_COLOR = (124, 116, 104)
+
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class TagPrediction:
@@ -51,34 +61,48 @@ class Tagger:
     def __init__(self, model_dir: Path | None = None):
         self._model_dir = model_dir or _MODEL_DIR
         self._session = None  # onnxruntime.InferenceSession once load()ed
-        self._tag_meta: list[dict] | None = None
+        self._tag_names: list[str] | None = None
+        self._tag_categories: list[str] | None = None
         self._input_name: str | None = None
-        self._output_name: str | None = None
+        self._input_size: int = 512
-        self._input_size: int = 448
 
     def load(self) -> None:
         if self._session is not None:
             return
-        model_path = self._model_dir / "model.onnx"
+        model_path = self._model_dir / _MODEL_FILE
-        tags_path = self._model_dir / "selected_tags.csv"
+        meta_path = self._model_dir / _METADATA_FILE
         if not model_path.is_file():
             raise RuntimeError(
-                f"Camie model.onnx missing at {model_path}. "
+                f"Camie {_MODEL_FILE} missing at {model_path}. "
                 f"Populate /models via the ml-worker downloader."
             )
-        if not tags_path.is_file():
+        if not meta_path.is_file():
             raise RuntimeError(
-                f"Camie selected_tags.csv missing at {tags_path}. "
+                f"Camie {_METADATA_FILE} missing at {meta_path}. "
                 f"Populate /models via the ml-worker downloader."
             )
 
-        tag_meta: list[dict] = []
+        with open(meta_path) as f:
-        with open(tags_path, newline="") as f:
+            metadata = json.load(f)
-            reader = csv.DictReader(f)
+
-            for row in reader:
+        # Per Camie v2 onnx_inference.py: idx_to_tag is keyed by str(idx);
-                tag_meta.append(
+        # tag_to_category maps tag_name -> category. Project to two parallel
-                    {"name": row["name"], "category": row["category"]}
+        # lists indexed by output position for O(1) lookup in the hot path.
-                )
+        ds = metadata["dataset_info"]
+        idx_to_tag = ds["tag_mapping"]["idx_to_tag"]
+        tag_to_category = ds["tag_mapping"]["tag_to_category"]
+        total = ds["total_tags"]
+        names: list[str] = []
+        cats: list[str] = []
+        for i in range(total):
+            name = idx_to_tag.get(str(i), f"unknown-{i}")
+            names.append(name)
+            cats.append(tag_to_category.get(name, "general"))
+
+        # Input size from metadata; fall back to 512 (the v2 default).
+        self._input_size = int(
+            metadata.get("model_info", {}).get("img_size", 512)
+        )
 
         # Lazy import — kept after the file-existence checks so the
         # missing-model RuntimeError still fires first in environments
@@ -89,51 +113,65 @@ class Tagger:
             str(model_path), providers=["CPUExecutionProvider"]
         )
         self._input_name = session.get_inputs()[0].name
-        self._output_name = session.get_outputs()[0].name
-        input_shape = session.get_inputs()[0].shape
-        for dim in input_shape:
-            if isinstance(dim, int) and dim > 1:
-                self._input_size = dim
-                break
         # Assign sentinels last so a partial load isn't observable.
-        self._tag_meta = tag_meta
+        self._tag_names = names
+        self._tag_categories = cats
         self._session = session
 
     def _preprocess(self, image_path: Path) -> np.ndarray:
         img = Image.open(image_path)
-        # Camie handles RGBA natively but we still composite onto white so
+        # Composite RGBA onto neutral so transparency doesn't bias the model.
-        # transparency doesn't bias the model (same as IR's WD14 path).
+        if img.mode == "RGBA":
-        if img.mode != "RGBA":
+            bg = Image.new("RGBA", img.size, (255, 255, 255, 255))
-            img = img.convert("RGBA")
+            bg.paste(img, mask=img.split()[3])
-        bg = Image.new("RGBA", img.size, (255, 255, 255, 255))
+            img = bg.convert("RGB")
-        bg.paste(img, mask=img.split()[3])
+        elif img.mode != "RGB":
-        img = bg.convert("RGB")
+            img = img.convert("RGB")
 
+        # Pad to square with ImageNet-mean color, then bicubic resize.
         w, h = img.size
         side = max(w, h)
-        square = Image.new("RGB", (side, side), (255, 255, 255))
+        square = Image.new("RGB", (side, side), _PAD_COLOR)
         square.paste(img, ((side - w) // 2, (side - h) // 2))
         square = square.resize(
             (self._input_size, self._input_size), Image.BICUBIC
         )
-        arr = np.array(square, dtype=np.float32)
+
-        return arr[np.newaxis, :, :, :]  # NHWC
+        arr = np.array(square, dtype=np.float32) / 255.0   # HWC, [0,1]
+        arr = (arr - _IMAGENET_MEAN) / _IMAGENET_STD        # ImageNet normalize
+        arr = arr.transpose(2, 0, 1)                        # HWC -> CHW
+        return arr[np.newaxis, :, :, :]                     # NCHW
 
     def infer(self, image_path: Path) -> dict[str, TagPrediction]:
-        """Run Camie on one image. Returns {name: TagPrediction}, only
+        """Run Camie v2 on one image. Returns {name: TagPrediction} with
-        entries with confidence >= STORE_FLOOR (across all categories —
+        confidence >= STORE_FLOOR (across all categories — the suggestion
-        the suggestion service does category filtering later)."""
+        service does category filtering later).
+
+        v2 emits multiple outputs; we use the refined predictions
+        (output[1] per onnx_inference.py). Sigmoid is applied to raw
+        logits to produce [0,1] confidence scores.
+        """
         self.load()
         x = self._preprocess(image_path)
-        out = self._session.run([self._output_name], {self._input_name: x})[0][0]
+        outputs = self._session.run(None, {self._input_name: x})
+        # Refined predictions if present (v2 emits initial + refined),
+        # fall back to initial for single-output forks.
+        logits = outputs[1] if len(outputs) > 1 else outputs[0]
+        # Squeeze batch dim, apply sigmoid.
+        probs = 1.0 / (1.0 + np.exp(-logits[0]))
         results: dict[str, TagPrediction] = {}
-        for idx, score in enumerate(out):
+        names = self._tag_names
+        cats = self._tag_categories
+        for idx, score in enumerate(probs):
             conf = float(score)
             if conf < STORE_FLOOR:
                 continue
-            meta = self._tag_meta[idx]
+            if idx >= len(names):
-            results[meta["name"]] = TagPrediction(
+                # Output longer than metadata declared — shouldn't happen but
-                name=meta["name"], category=meta["category"], confidence=conf
+                # don't crash the import pipeline if v2 metadata desynchronizes.
+                continue
+            results[names[idx]] = TagPrediction(
+                name=names[idx], category=cats[idx], confidence=conf
             )
         return results
 

backend/app/services/post_feed_service.py

@@ -109,7 +109,10 @@ class PostFeedService:
         if row is None:
             return None
         post, artist, source = row
-        thumbs_map = await self._thumbnails_for([post.id])
+        # Detail endpoint returns the FULL image list for PostModal's
+        # masonry grid — feed query still caps at THUMBNAIL_LIMIT via
+        # the default arg.
+        thumbs_map = await self._thumbnails_for([post.id], limit=None)
         atts_map = await self._attachments_for([post.id])
         item = self._to_dict(post, artist, source, thumbs_map, atts_map)
         item["description_full"] = html_to_plain(post.description)
@@ -117,15 +120,21 @@ class PostFeedService:
 
     # --- composition helpers ---------------------------------------------
 
-    async def _thumbnails_for(self, post_ids: list[int]) -> dict[int, dict]:
+    async def _thumbnails_for(
-        """post_id -> {"thumbs": [...up to 6], "more": int}.
+        self, post_ids: list[int], *, limit: int | None = THUMBNAIL_LIMIT,
+    ) -> dict[int, dict]:
+        """post_id -> {"thumbs": [...up to limit], "more": int}.
 
-        Selects THUMBNAIL_LIMIT+1 images per post via window function so we
+        Selects up to `limit` images per post via window function so we
-        can detect overflow in a single query.
+        can detect overflow in a single query. Pass `limit=None` to
+        return ALL thumbnails per post (used by `get_post` for PostModal's
+        masonry grid; the feed pass keeps the default cap so payloads
+        stay small).
         """
         if not post_ids:
             return {}
-        # Rank images within each post and fetch only the top THUMBNAIL_LIMIT+1.
+        # Rank images within each post; cap at `limit` rows per post when
+        # limit is set, return all when limit is None.
         ranked = (
             select(
                 ImageRecord.id,
@@ -143,12 +152,13 @@ class PostFeedService:
             .where(ImageRecord.primary_post_id.in_(post_ids))
             .subquery()
         )
-        rows = (await self.session.execute(
+        stmt = select(
-            select(
+            ranked.c.id, ranked.c.primary_post_id,
-                ranked.c.id, ranked.c.primary_post_id,
+            ranked.c.sha256, ranked.c.mime, ranked.c.total,
-                ranked.c.sha256, ranked.c.mime, ranked.c.total,
+        )
-            ).where(ranked.c.rn <= THUMBNAIL_LIMIT)
+        if limit is not None:
-        )).all()
+            stmt = stmt.where(ranked.c.rn <= limit)
+        rows = (await self.session.execute(stmt)).all()
 
         out: dict[int, dict] = {pid: {"thumbs": [], "more": 0} for pid in post_ids}
         for img_id, pid, sha, mime, total in rows:

backend/app/tasks/admin.py

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+"""FC-3k: admin destructive Celery tasks.
+
+Two long-running ops on the maintenance queue. task_run lifecycle is
+captured automatically by FC-3i signals — these tasks just return
+their summary dict so it lands in task_run.metadata (via Celery's
+result backend) for the dashboard to surface.
+
+Soft/hard time limits inherit the FC-3i recovery sweep: a runaway
+task gets killed and flipped to status='timeout' by
+recover_stalled_task_runs.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import logging
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from sqlalchemy.exc import DBAPIError, OperationalError
+
+from ..celery_app import celery
+from ..services import cleanup_service
+from ._sync_engine import sync_session_factory as _sync_session_factory
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+IMAGES_ROOT = Path("/images")
+
+
+@celery.task(
+    name="backend.app.tasks.admin.delete_artist_cascade_task",
+    bind=True,
+    autoretry_for=(OperationalError, DBAPIError),
+    retry_backoff=15, retry_backoff_max=180, max_retries=1,
+    soft_time_limit=1800, time_limit=2400,  # 30 min / 40 min
+)
+def delete_artist_cascade_task(self, *, artist_id: int) -> dict:
+    """Wraps cleanup_service.delete_artist_cascade. Returns the
+    service's summary dict for FC-3i task_run.metadata capture."""
+    SessionLocal = _sync_session_factory()
+    with SessionLocal() as session:
+        return cleanup_service.delete_artist_cascade(
+            session, artist_id=artist_id, images_root=IMAGES_ROOT,
+        )
+
+
+@celery.task(
+    name="backend.app.tasks.admin.bulk_delete_images_task",
+    bind=True,
+    autoretry_for=(OperationalError, DBAPIError),
+    retry_backoff=15, retry_backoff_max=180, max_retries=1,
+    soft_time_limit=900, time_limit=1200,  # 15 min / 20 min
+)
+def bulk_delete_images_task(self, *, image_ids: list[int]) -> dict:
+    """Wraps cleanup_service.delete_images."""
+    SessionLocal = _sync_session_factory()
+    with SessionLocal() as session:
+        return cleanup_service.delete_images(
+            session, image_ids=image_ids, images_root=IMAGES_ROOT,
+        )

backend/app/tasks/backup.py

@@ -0,0 +1,300 @@
+"""FC-3h: backup/restore Celery tasks.
+
+All tasks live on the maintenance queue (per celery_app.task_routes).
+task_run lifecycle tracking is automatic via FC-3i signals — these
+tasks just record the operator-facing artifact metadata into
+BackupRun.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import logging
+from datetime import UTC, datetime
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from celery.exceptions import SoftTimeLimitExceeded
+from sqlalchemy import select
+from sqlalchemy.exc import DBAPIError, OperationalError
+
+from ..celery_app import celery
+from ..config import get_config
+from ..models import BackupRun, ImportSettings
+from ..services import backup_service
+from ._sync_engine import sync_session_factory as _sync_session_factory
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+IMAGES_ROOT = Path("/images")
+
+
+def _mark_failed(session, row: BackupRun, exc: BaseException) -> None:
+    """Flip a BackupRun row from running/restoring to error with a
+    truncated error message and finished_at. Caller already holds the
+    session open."""
+    row.status = "error"
+    row.error = f"{type(exc).__name__}: {exc}"[:2000]
+    row.finished_at = datetime.now(UTC)
+    session.add(row)
+    session.commit()
+
+
+@celery.task(
+    name="backend.app.tasks.backup.backup_db_task",
+    bind=True,
+    autoretry_for=(OperationalError, DBAPIError),
+    retry_backoff=10, retry_backoff_max=120, max_retries=2,
+    soft_time_limit=600, time_limit=720,
+)
+def backup_db_task(self, *, tag: str | None = None,
+                   triggered_by: str = "manual") -> dict:
+    """Create one DB backup. Returns {'backup_run_id': N}."""
+    SessionLocal = _sync_session_factory()
+    cfg = get_config()
+    now = datetime.now(UTC)
+    with SessionLocal() as session:
+        row = BackupRun(
+            kind="db", status="running", tag=tag,
+            triggered_by=triggered_by, started_at=now, manifest={},
+        )
+        session.add(row)
+        session.commit()
+        session.refresh(row)
+        run_id = row.id
+
+    try:
+        result = backup_service.backup_db(
+            db_url=cfg.database_url_sync, images_root=IMAGES_ROOT,
+            tag=tag, triggered_by=triggered_by,
+        )
+    except (SoftTimeLimitExceeded, Exception) as exc:
+        with SessionLocal() as session:
+            row = session.get(BackupRun, run_id)
+            if row is not None:
+                _mark_failed(session, row, exc)
+        raise
+
+    with SessionLocal() as session:
+        row = session.get(BackupRun, run_id)
+        row.status = "ok"
+        row.finished_at = datetime.now(UTC)
+        row.sql_path = result["sql_path"]
+        row.size_bytes = result["size_bytes"]
+        row.manifest = {
+            "manifest_path": result["manifest_path"],
+            "ts": result["ts"],
+        }
+        session.commit()
+    return {"backup_run_id": run_id}
+
+
+@celery.task(
+    name="backend.app.tasks.backup.backup_images_task",
+    bind=True,
+    autoretry_for=(OperationalError, DBAPIError),
+    retry_backoff=30, retry_backoff_max=300, max_retries=1,
+    soft_time_limit=21600, time_limit=23400,
+)
+def backup_images_task(self, *, tag: str | None = None,
+                       triggered_by: str = "manual") -> dict:
+    """Create one images backup. Same shape as backup_db_task; uses
+    tar_path instead of sql_path."""
+    SessionLocal = _sync_session_factory()
+    now = datetime.now(UTC)
+    with SessionLocal() as session:
+        row = BackupRun(
+            kind="images", status="running", tag=tag,
+            triggered_by=triggered_by, started_at=now, manifest={},
+        )
+        session.add(row)
+        session.commit()
+        session.refresh(row)
+        run_id = row.id
+
+    try:
+        result = backup_service.backup_images(
+            images_root=IMAGES_ROOT,
+            tag=tag, triggered_by=triggered_by,
+        )
+    except (SoftTimeLimitExceeded, Exception) as exc:
+        with SessionLocal() as session:
+            row = session.get(BackupRun, run_id)
+            if row is not None:
+                _mark_failed(session, row, exc)
+        raise
+
+    with SessionLocal() as session:
+        row = session.get(BackupRun, run_id)
+        row.status = "ok"
+        row.finished_at = datetime.now(UTC)
+        row.tar_path = result["tar_path"]
+        row.size_bytes = result["size_bytes"]
+        row.manifest = {
+            "manifest_path": result["manifest_path"],
+            "ts": result["ts"],
+        }
+        session.commit()
+    return {"backup_run_id": run_id}
+
+
+@celery.task(
+    name="backend.app.tasks.backup.restore_db_task",
+    bind=True,
+    max_retries=0,  # NEVER auto-retry a half-applied restore.
+    soft_time_limit=1200, time_limit=1800,
+)
+def restore_db_task(self, *, source_backup_run_id: int) -> dict:
+    """Restore from a previous DB backup. Inserts a NEW BackupRun row
+    (kind='db', status='restoring') linked to the source via
+    restored_from_id; flips to 'restored' on success or 'error' on
+    failure. Operator sees the restore as a row in the dashboard."""
+    SessionLocal = _sync_session_factory()
+    cfg = get_config()
+    now = datetime.now(UTC)
+    with SessionLocal() as session:
+        src = session.get(BackupRun, source_backup_run_id)
+        if src is None or src.kind != "db" or not src.sql_path:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"BackupRun id={source_backup_run_id} is not a valid DB backup"
+            )
+        marker = BackupRun(
+            kind="db", status="restoring",
+            triggered_by="restore", started_at=now,
+            restored_from_id=src.id,
+            manifest={"source_sql_path": src.sql_path},
+        )
+        session.add(marker)
+        session.commit()
+        session.refresh(marker)
+        marker_id = marker.id
+        sql_path = src.sql_path
+
+    try:
+        backup_service.restore_db(
+            db_url=cfg.database_url_sync, sql_path=Path(sql_path),
+        )
+    except (SoftTimeLimitExceeded, Exception) as exc:
+        with SessionLocal() as session:
+            row = session.get(BackupRun, marker_id)
+            if row is not None:
+                _mark_failed(session, row, exc)
+        raise
+
+    with SessionLocal() as session:
+        row = session.get(BackupRun, marker_id)
+        row.status = "restored"
+        row.finished_at = datetime.now(UTC)
+        session.commit()
+    return {"backup_run_id": marker_id}
+
+
+@celery.task(
+    name="backend.app.tasks.backup.restore_images_task",
+    bind=True, max_retries=0,
+    soft_time_limit=21600, time_limit=23400,
+)
+def restore_images_task(self, *, source_backup_run_id: int) -> dict:
+    """Mirrors restore_db_task; uses backup_service.restore_images."""
+    SessionLocal = _sync_session_factory()
+    now = datetime.now(UTC)
+    with SessionLocal() as session:
+        src = session.get(BackupRun, source_backup_run_id)
+        if src is None or src.kind != "images" or not src.tar_path:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"BackupRun id={source_backup_run_id} is not a valid images backup"
+            )
+        marker = BackupRun(
+            kind="images", status="restoring",
+            triggered_by="restore", started_at=now,
+            restored_from_id=src.id,
+            manifest={"source_tar_path": src.tar_path},
+        )
+        session.add(marker)
+        session.commit()
+        session.refresh(marker)
+        marker_id = marker.id
+        tar_path = src.tar_path
+
+    try:
+        backup_service.restore_images(
+            images_root=IMAGES_ROOT, tar_path=Path(tar_path),
+        )
+    except (SoftTimeLimitExceeded, Exception) as exc:
+        with SessionLocal() as session:
+            row = session.get(BackupRun, marker_id)
+            if row is not None:
+                _mark_failed(session, row, exc)
+        raise
+
+    with SessionLocal() as session:
+        row = session.get(BackupRun, marker_id)
+        row.status = "restored"
+        row.finished_at = datetime.now(UTC)
+        session.commit()
+    return {"backup_run_id": marker_id}
+
+
+@celery.task(
+    name="backend.app.tasks.backup.prune_backups",
+    soft_time_limit=300, time_limit=600,
+)
+def prune_backups() -> dict:
+    """Daily Beat. Per-kind retention from ImportSettings.
+
+    Returns {"db_deleted": N, "images_deleted": M, "files_unlinked": K}.
+    Tagged rows (tag IS NOT NULL) are never pruned.
+    Status='running' / 'restoring' rows are never pruned (recovery
+    sweep from FC-3i handles those via task_run).
+    """
+    SessionLocal = _sync_session_factory()
+    counts = {"db_deleted": 0, "images_deleted": 0, "files_unlinked": 0}
+    with SessionLocal() as session:
+        s = session.execute(
+            select(ImportSettings).where(ImportSettings.id == 1)
+        ).scalar_one()
+        for kind, keep in (
+            ("db", s.backup_db_keep_last_n),
+            ("images", s.backup_images_keep_last_n),
+        ):
+            candidates = session.execute(
+                select(BackupRun)
+                .where(BackupRun.kind == kind)
+                .where(BackupRun.tag.is_(None))
+                .where(BackupRun.status.in_(["ok", "error"]))
+                .order_by(BackupRun.started_at.desc())
+                .offset(keep)
+            ).scalars().all()
+            for row in candidates:
+                result = backup_service.unlink_artifact_files(
+                    sql_path=row.sql_path,
+                    tar_path=row.tar_path,
+                    manifest_path=(row.manifest or {}).get("manifest_path"),
+                )
+                counts["files_unlinked"] += sum(
+                    1 for v in result.values() if v
+                )
+                session.delete(row)
+                counts[f"{kind}_deleted"] += 1
+        session.commit()
+    return counts
+
+
+@celery.task(
+    name="backend.app.tasks.backup.backup_db_nightly",
+    soft_time_limit=60, time_limit=120,
+)
+def backup_db_nightly() -> dict:
+    """Hourly tick. Dispatches a real backup ONLY if the configured
+    UTC hour matches and the nightly setting is enabled. Returns
+    either {'skipped': '<reason>'} or {'dispatched': '<task_id>'}."""
+    SessionLocal = _sync_session_factory()
+    with SessionLocal() as session:
+        s = session.execute(
+            select(ImportSettings).where(ImportSettings.id == 1)
+        ).scalar_one()
+        nightly_enabled = s.backup_db_nightly_enabled
+        configured_hour = s.backup_db_nightly_hour_utc
+    if not nightly_enabled:
+        return {"skipped": "nightly disabled"}
+    now_hour = datetime.now(UTC).hour
+    if now_hour != configured_hour:
+        return {"skipped": f"hour={now_hour} != configured={configured_hour}"}
+    res = backup_db_task.delay(triggered_by="nightly")
+    return {"dispatched": res.id}

backend/app/tasks/import_file.py

@@ -29,10 +29,12 @@ IMAGES_ROOT = Path("/images")
 def _map_result_to_status(result):
     """(ImportTask.status, should_requeue_ml_and_thumb) for an ImportResult.
     'superseded' = the kept row's file/ML changed → complete + re-derive.
-    'attached' = a non-art file preserved → complete, no ML/thumb."""
+    'attached' = a non-art file preserved → complete, no ML/thumb.
+    'refreshed' = deep scan refreshed sidecar/phash on an existing row →
+    complete, no ML/thumb re-derive (file/pixels unchanged)."""
     if result.status in ("imported", "superseded"):
         return ("complete", True)
-    if result.status == "attached":
+    if result.status in ("attached", "refreshed"):
         return ("complete", False)
     if result.status == "skipped":
         return ("skipped", False)
@@ -138,6 +140,15 @@ def _do_import(session, task, import_task_id: int) -> dict:
         task.result_image_id = result.image_id
         counter_col_name = "imported"
         counter_col = ImportBatch.imported
+    elif result.status == "refreshed":
+        # Deep-scan rederive: existing row got phash/artist/sidecar
+        # refreshed. Task is complete (no further work), but counted in
+        # `refreshed` not `imported` so the UI can surface the actual
+        # work done. operator-flagged 2026-05-25.
+        task.status = "complete"
+        task.result_image_id = result.image_id
+        counter_col_name = "refreshed"
+        counter_col = ImportBatch.refreshed
     elif result.status == "attached":
         task.status = "complete"
         counter_col_name = "attachments"

backend/app/tasks/library_audit.py

@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+"""scan_library_for_rule Celery task — iterates image_record in keyset-
+paginated batches, evaluates the audit rule per image, populates
+LibraryAuditRun.matched_ids. Runs on the maintenance queue with a 2h soft
+time limit (plenty of margin for 100k+ image libraries at ~100ms PIL
+decode + histogram per image).
+
+State machine:
+  start: status='running'
+  end success: status='ready'
+  end error: status='error', error=traceback
+  oversize: status='error', error='matched too many images; tighten threshold'
+  external cancel: scan sees status='cancelled' between batches, exits.
+"""
+
+import logging
+import traceback
+from datetime import UTC, datetime
+
+from celery.exceptions import SoftTimeLimitExceeded
+from PIL import Image
+from sqlalchemy import select, update
+from sqlalchemy.exc import DBAPIError, OperationalError
+
+from ..celery_app import celery
+from ..models import ImageRecord, LibraryAuditRun
+from ..services.audits import single_color, transparency
+from ._sync_engine import sync_session_factory as _sync_session_factory
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+_BATCH = 500
+_PROGRESS_TICK = 100
+_MAX_MATCHED = 50_000
+
+_RULES = {
+    "transparency": transparency.evaluate,
+    "single_color": single_color.evaluate,
+}
+
+
+@celery.task(
+    name="backend.app.tasks.library_audit.scan_library_for_rule",
+    bind=True,
+    autoretry_for=(OperationalError, DBAPIError),
+    retry_backoff=5,
+    retry_backoff_max=60,
+    retry_jitter=True,
+    max_retries=3,
+    soft_time_limit=7200,
+    time_limit=7500,
+)
+def scan_library_for_rule(self, audit_id: int) -> dict:
+    """See module docstring. Returns a small summary dict for eager-mode
+    test assertions (real workers ignore the return value)."""
+    SessionLocal = _sync_session_factory()
+    try:
+        with SessionLocal() as session:
+            audit = session.get(LibraryAuditRun, audit_id)
+            if audit is None:
+                return {"audit_id": audit_id, "status": "missing"}
+            evaluate = _RULES.get(audit.rule)
+            if evaluate is None:
+                _mark_error(session, audit_id, f"unknown rule {audit.rule!r}")
+                return {"audit_id": audit_id, "status": "error"}
+            params = dict(audit.params or {})
+            matched: list[int] = []
+            scanned = 0
+            last_id = 0
+            while True:
+                # Cancellation check between batches.
+                current_status = session.execute(
+                    select(LibraryAuditRun.status)
+                    .where(LibraryAuditRun.id == audit_id)
+                ).scalar_one()
+                if current_status == "cancelled":
+                    return {"audit_id": audit_id, "status": "cancelled"}
+                rows = session.execute(
+                    select(ImageRecord.id, ImageRecord.path)
+                    .where(ImageRecord.id > last_id)
+                    .where(ImageRecord.mime.like("image/%"))
+                    .order_by(ImageRecord.id.asc())
+                    .limit(_BATCH)
+                ).all()
+                if not rows:
+                    break
+                for image_id, image_path in rows:
+                    last_id = image_id
+                    scanned += 1
+                    try:
+                        with Image.open(image_path) as im:
+                            try:
+                                if evaluate(im, **params):
+                                    matched.append(image_id)
+                            except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001
+                                log.warning(
+                                    "audit %s: rule evaluate failed on %s: %s",
+                                    audit_id, image_path, exc,
+                                )
+                    except FileNotFoundError:
+                        log.warning(
+                            "audit %s: image_record %s file missing at %s; skipping",
+                            audit_id, image_id, image_path,
+                        )
+                    except OSError as exc:
+                        log.warning(
+                            "audit %s: PIL load failed for %s: %s",
+                            audit_id, image_path, exc,
+                        )
+                    if len(matched) > _MAX_MATCHED:
+                        _mark_error(
+                            session, audit_id,
+                            f"matched > {_MAX_MATCHED} images; "
+                            "tighten threshold and re-run",
+                        )
+                        return {"audit_id": audit_id, "status": "error"}
+                    if scanned % _PROGRESS_TICK == 0:
+                        session.execute(
+                            update(LibraryAuditRun)
+                            .where(LibraryAuditRun.id == audit_id)
+                            .values(scanned_count=scanned)
+                        )
+                        session.commit()
+            # Final state.
+            session.execute(
+                update(LibraryAuditRun)
+                .where(LibraryAuditRun.id == audit_id)
+                .values(
+                    scanned_count=scanned,
+                    matched_count=len(matched),
+                    matched_ids=matched,
+                    status="ready",
+                    finished_at=datetime.now(UTC),
+                )
+            )
+            session.commit()
+            return {
+                "audit_id": audit_id,
+                "status": "ready",
+                "scanned": scanned,
+                "matched": len(matched),
+            }
+    except SoftTimeLimitExceeded:
+        with SessionLocal() as session:
+            _mark_error(session, audit_id, "soft_time_limit exceeded (>7200s)")
+        raise
+    except (OperationalError, DBAPIError):
+        # Retryable per the decorator; leave row in 'running' and let
+        # autoretry try again. Recovery sweep catches if all retries fail.
+        raise
+    except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001
+        tb = traceback.format_exc()
+        with SessionLocal() as session:
+            _mark_error(session, audit_id, tb)
+        raise
+
+
+def _mark_error(session, audit_id: int, error_msg: str) -> None:
+    session.execute(
+        update(LibraryAuditRun)
+        .where(LibraryAuditRun.id == audit_id)
+        .values(
+            status="error",
+            error=error_msg,
+            finished_at=datetime.now(UTC),
+        )
+    )
+    session.commit()

backend/app/tasks/maintenance.py

@@ -9,55 +9,94 @@ from PIL import Image
 from sqlalchemy import delete, select, update
 
 from ..celery_app import celery
-from ..models import DownloadEvent, ImageRecord, ImportSettings, ImportTask
+from ..models import DownloadEvent, ImageRecord, ImportSettings, ImportTask, TaskRun
 from ..utils.phash import compute_phash
 from ._sync_engine import sync_session_factory as _sync_session_factory
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 STUCK_THRESHOLD_MINUTES = 5
+ORPHAN_PENDING_THRESHOLD_MINUTES = 30
 OLD_TASK_DAYS = 7
 PHASH_PAGE = 500
 VERIFY_PAGE = 200
 FFPROBE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 10
+TASK_RUN_KEEP_OK_SECONDS = 24 * 3600       # 24 h
+TASK_RUN_KEEP_FAILURE_SECONDS = 7 * 24 * 3600  # 7 days
 
 
 @celery.task(name="backend.app.tasks.maintenance.recover_interrupted_tasks")
 def recover_interrupted_tasks() -> int:
-    """Find ImportTask rows stuck in 'processing' for >5 min and re-queue them.
+    """Recover stuck ImportTask rows. Two distinct stuck states:
 
-    Why 5 min: import_media_file is sub-second for the vast majority of
+    1. 'processing' > 5 min — worker crash mid-import. Re-queue via
-    files; even a large-video transcode caps at the per-task soft_time_limit
+       .delay() and let the import retry. Was 30 min historically;
-    (5 min) defined on the task itself. Anything still 'processing' after
+       tightened 2026-05-24 after operator hit a 2224-row zombie pile.
-    that window is a confirmed crash (worker died, DB disconnect mid-flush,
+       import_media_file is sub-second for the vast majority of files and
-    OOM) and must be recycled. Was 30 min historically; tightened
+       capped at the per-task soft_time_limit (5 min), so anything still
-    2026-05-24 after operator hit a 2224-row zombie pile during the IR
+       'processing' after that window is a confirmed crash.
-    migration scan.
+
+    2. 'pending' or 'queued' > 30 min — enqueue-phase crash. scan_directory
+       creates rows with status='pending' (commit), then in a second pass
+       transitions to 'queued' and calls .delay() (commit). If the scanner
+       crashes between those two commits, rows are orphaned in 'pending'
+       (never enqueued) with no recovery path — invisible to the
+       'processing' sweep above. Flagged 2026-05-25 by operator hitting a
+       5490-row orphan pile. Flip these to 'failed' (not re-enqueue) so
+       the operator drains them via /api/import/retry-failed at their own
+       pace; bulk-re-enqueueing 5000+ rows would thundering-herd the
+       import worker.
+
+    Returns total rows touched (recovered + marked failed).
     """
     SessionLocal = _sync_session_factory()
-    cutoff = datetime.now(UTC) - timedelta(minutes=STUCK_THRESHOLD_MINUTES)
+    now = datetime.now(UTC)
+    processing_cutoff = now - timedelta(minutes=STUCK_THRESHOLD_MINUTES)
+    orphan_cutoff = now - timedelta(minutes=ORPHAN_PENDING_THRESHOLD_MINUTES)
     with SessionLocal() as session:
-        stuck_ids = session.execute(
+        # Both sweeps used to be SELECT ids → UPDATE WHERE id IN (...) which
-            select(ImportTask.id)
+        # blew past psycopg's 65535-parameter ceiling once a sweep covered
-            .where(ImportTask.status == "processing")
+        # tens of thousands of rows (operator hit it 2026-05-26 after the
-            .where(ImportTask.started_at < cutoff)
+        # /import deep scan piled up orphans). Folding the SELECT into the
-        ).scalars().all()
+        # UPDATE eliminates the IN-list entirely. RETURNING gives us back
-
+        # exactly the ids that flipped so the stuck sweep can still
-        if not stuck_ids:
+        # .delay() each one.
-            return 0
+        stuck_result = session.execute(
-
-        session.execute(
             update(ImportTask)
-            .where(ImportTask.id.in_(stuck_ids))
+            .where(ImportTask.status == "processing")
-            .values(status="queued", started_at=None, error="recovered from stuck state")
+            .where(ImportTask.started_at < processing_cutoff)
+            .values(
+                status="queued",
+                started_at=None,
+                error="recovered from stuck state",
+            )
+            .returning(ImportTask.id)
         )
+        stuck_ids = [row[0] for row in stuck_result.all()]
+
+        orphan_result = session.execute(
+            update(ImportTask)
+            .where(ImportTask.status.in_(["pending", "queued"]))
+            .where(ImportTask.created_at < orphan_cutoff)
+            .values(
+                status="failed",
+                error=(
+                    "orphan pending/queued swept by recover_interrupted_tasks "
+                    "(scanner likely crashed mid-enqueue); retry via "
+                    "/api/import/retry-failed"
+                ),
+            )
+        )
+        orphan_count = orphan_result.rowcount or 0
+
         session.commit()
 
-        from .import_file import import_media_file
+        if stuck_ids:
-        for tid in stuck_ids:
+            from .import_file import import_media_file
-            import_media_file.delay(tid)
+            for tid in stuck_ids:
+                import_media_file.delay(tid)
 
-        return len(stuck_ids)
+        return len(stuck_ids) + orphan_count
 
 
 @celery.task(name="backend.app.tasks.maintenance.cleanup_old_tasks")
@@ -80,6 +119,71 @@ def cleanup_old_tasks() -> int:
         return result.rowcount or 0
 
 
+@celery.task(name="backend.app.tasks.maintenance.recover_stalled_task_runs")
+def recover_stalled_task_runs() -> int:
+    """Flip task_run rows stuck in 'running' for >STUCK_THRESHOLD_MINUTES
+    to 'error'. FC-3i.
+
+    A row gets stuck when the worker dies without emitting
+    task_postrun / task_failure (e.g. OOM, container restart between
+    signals, signal handler raised+logged). Shares the 5-min threshold
+    with recover_interrupted_tasks for consistency.
+    """
+    SessionLocal = _sync_session_factory()
+    cutoff = datetime.now(UTC) - timedelta(minutes=STUCK_THRESHOLD_MINUTES)
+    with SessionLocal() as session:
+        result = session.execute(
+            update(TaskRun)
+            .where(TaskRun.status == "running")
+            .where(TaskRun.started_at < cutoff)
+            .values(
+                status="error",
+                error_type="RecoverySweep",
+                error_message=(
+                    f"no completion signal received within "
+                    f"{STUCK_THRESHOLD_MINUTES} min"
+                ),
+                finished_at=datetime.now(UTC),
+            )
+        )
+        session.commit()
+        return result.rowcount or 0
+
+
+@celery.task(name="backend.app.tasks.maintenance.prune_task_runs")
+def prune_task_runs() -> dict:
+    """Daily retention for task_run rows. FC-3i.
+
+    - 'ok' rows: deleted after TASK_RUN_KEEP_OK_SECONDS (24h default).
+      Success is high-volume, not interesting after a day.
+    - 'error' / 'timeout' rows: deleted after TASK_RUN_KEEP_FAILURE_SECONDS
+      (7 days default). Failures are operationally interesting longer.
+    - 'running' rows: NEVER deleted by this task. The recovery sweep
+      (recover_stalled_task_runs) is the mechanism that flips them to
+      terminal state; prune doesn't touch in-flight state.
+    - 'retry' rows: treated as failures (>7d).
+
+    Returns dict of how many rows were deleted in each bucket.
+    """
+    SessionLocal = _sync_session_factory()
+    now = datetime.now(UTC)
+    ok_cutoff = now - timedelta(seconds=TASK_RUN_KEEP_OK_SECONDS)
+    fail_cutoff = now - timedelta(seconds=TASK_RUN_KEEP_FAILURE_SECONDS)
+    with SessionLocal() as session:
+        ok_deleted = session.execute(
+            delete(TaskRun)
+            .where(TaskRun.status == "ok")
+            .where(TaskRun.finished_at < ok_cutoff)
+        ).rowcount or 0
+        fail_deleted = session.execute(
+            delete(TaskRun)
+            .where(TaskRun.status.in_(["error", "timeout", "retry"]))
+            .where(TaskRun.finished_at < fail_cutoff)
+        ).rowcount or 0
+        session.commit()
+        return {"ok_deleted": ok_deleted, "failures_deleted": fail_deleted}
+
+
 @celery.task(name="backend.app.tasks.maintenance.backfill_phash")
 def backfill_phash() -> int:
     """Recompute phash for stored images that have none (imported before

backend/app/tasks/migration.py

@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ Dispatches to the right migrator based on `kind`. Updates MigrationRun
 row's status/counts/finished_at as it runs. Failures set status='error'
 with the error message preserved.
 
-kinds: backup, gs_ingest, ir_ingest, tag_apply, ml_queue, verify, rollback, cleanup
+kinds: gs_ingest, ir_ingest, tag_apply, ml_queue, verify, cleanup
+(backup + rollback retired 2026-05-24 → see /api/system/backup/*)
 """
 from __future__ import annotations
 
@@ -20,10 +21,8 @@ from ..celery_app import celery
 from ..config import get_config
 from ..models import MigrationRun
 from ..services.credential_crypto import CredentialCrypto
-from ..services.migrators import backup as backup_mod
 from ..services.migrators import cleanup as cleanup_mod
 from ..services.migrators import gs_ingest, ir_ingest, ml_queue, tag_apply, verify
-from ..services.migrators import rollback as rollback_mod
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -65,21 +64,11 @@ async def _run_async(run_id: int, kind: str, params: dict) -> dict:
         async with factory() as db:
             await _update_run(db, run_id, status="running")
             try:
-                if kind == "backup":
+                if kind in ("backup", "rollback"):
-                    manifest = backup_mod.create_backup(
+                    raise ValueError(
-                        db_url=get_config().database_url_sync,
+                        f"kind {kind!r} retired in FC-3h; "
-                        images_root=IMAGES_ROOT,
+                        "use /api/system/backup/* instead"
-                        tag=params.get("tag", "manual"),
                     )
-                    await _update_run(
-                        db, run_id, status="ok",
-                        counts={"rows_processed": 0, "rows_inserted": 0,
-                                "rows_skipped": 0, "files_copied": 0,
-                                "bytes_copied": 0, "conflicts": 0},
-                        finished_at=datetime.now(UTC),
-                        metadata_patch={"manifest": manifest},
-                    )
-                    return manifest
 
                 elif kind == "gs_ingest":
                     fc_crypto = CredentialCrypto(_KEY_PATH)
@@ -166,21 +155,6 @@ async def _run_async(run_id: int, kind: str, params: dict) -> dict:
                     )
                     return result
 
-                elif kind == "rollback":
-                    result = rollback_mod.rollback_to_pre_migration(
-                        db_url=get_config().database_url_sync,
-                        images_root=IMAGES_ROOT,
-                    )
-                    await _update_run(
-                        db, run_id, status="ok",
-                        counts={"rows_processed": 0, "rows_inserted": 0,
-                                "rows_skipped": 0, "files_copied": 0,
-                                "bytes_copied": 0, "conflicts": 0},
-                        finished_at=datetime.now(UTC),
-                        metadata_patch={"rollback_result": result},
-                    )
-                    return result
-
                 else:
                     raise ValueError(f"unknown kind: {kind}")
 

backend/app/tasks/scan.py

@@ -59,16 +59,25 @@ def scan_directory(self, triggered_by: str = "manual",
         session.flush()
         batch_id = batch.id
 
-        # Skip-set: any source_path that already has a non-failed ImportTask
+        # Skip-set behavior splits by mode (operator-flagged 2026-05-25):
-        # row. Re-running scan_directory must not re-enqueue files the
+        #
-        # importer has already handled (or is currently handling); doing so
+        # quick: any non-failed prior ImportTask (active OR finished) is
-        # creates duplicate work and inflates the queue. Failed prior tasks
+        #   skipped — quick scan only does new-file enqueue, so re-touching
-        # are eligible for retry.
+        #   already-imported files is wasted work.
+        #
+        # deep: ONLY currently-in-flight tasks (pending/queued/processing)
+        #   are skipped. Completed and skipped tasks ARE re-queued because
+        #   deep scan exists precisely to re-touch already-imported files
+        #   (refresh sidecar metadata, fill NULL phash, fill NULL artist
+        #   via Importer._deep_rederive). Matches IR's deep-scan behavior.
+        active_statuses = ["pending", "queued", "processing"]
+        if mode == "deep":
+            skip_statuses = active_statuses
+        else:
+            skip_statuses = active_statuses + ["complete", "skipped"]
         non_failed_existing = set(session.execute(
             select(ImportTask.source_path).where(
-                ImportTask.status.in_(
+                ImportTask.status.in_(skip_statuses),
-                    ["pending", "queued", "processing", "complete", "skipped"]
-                ),
             )
         ).scalars().all())
 

backend/app/tasks/thumbnail.py

@@ -17,6 +17,30 @@ from ._sync_engine import sync_session_factory as _sync_session_factory
 
 IMAGES_ROOT = Path("/images")
 
+THUMB_MAGIC_JPEG = b"\xff\xd8\xff"
+THUMB_MAGIC_PNG = b"\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n"
+
+
+def _thumb_is_valid(path: Path) -> bool:
+    """Return True iff `path` exists and starts with a JPEG or PNG magic header.
+
+    The on-disk thumbnail format is set by services/thumbnailer.py — JPEG for
+    opaque sources, PNG for alpha sources. Anything else (missing file, OSError,
+    truncated, wrong magic) is invalid.
+    """
+    try:
+        with path.open("rb") as f:
+            head = f.read(12)
+    except OSError:
+        return False
+    if len(head) < 8:
+        return False
+    if head[:3] == THUMB_MAGIC_JPEG:
+        return True
+    if head[:8] == THUMB_MAGIC_PNG:
+        return True
+    return False
+
 
 @celery.task(
     name="backend.app.tasks.thumbnail.generate_thumbnail",
@@ -50,3 +74,58 @@ def generate_thumbnail(self, image_id: int) -> dict:
         session.add(record)
         session.commit()
         return {"status": "ok", "image_id": image_id, "path": str(result.path)}
+
+
+@celery.task(
+    name="backend.app.tasks.thumbnail.backfill_thumbnails",
+    bind=True,
+)
+def backfill_thumbnails(self) -> dict:
+    """Scan ImageRecord and enqueue generate_thumbnail for rows whose
+    thumbnail is missing, gone from disk, or has wrong magic bytes.
+
+    Keyset paginates by id ASC, page size 500. NULLs out thumbnail_path for
+    rows that point at a missing or corrupt file before enqueueing — keeps
+    the DB self-consistent on partial runs and makes re-runs safe.
+
+    Returns {"enqueued": N, "ok": M, "regenerated": K} where:
+      - enqueued = total generate_thumbnail.delay() calls
+      - ok       = rows whose existing thumbnail file is valid (skipped)
+      - regenerated = subset of enqueued that had a non-NULL thumbnail_path
+                      cleared (i.e. missing + corrupt)
+    """
+    from sqlalchemy import select, update
+
+    SessionLocal = _sync_session_factory()
+    enqueued = 0
+    ok = 0
+    regenerated = 0
+    last_id = 0
+    with SessionLocal() as session:
+        while True:
+            rows = session.execute(
+                select(ImageRecord.id, ImageRecord.thumbnail_path)
+                .where(ImageRecord.id > last_id)
+                .order_by(ImageRecord.id.asc())
+                .limit(500)
+            ).all()
+            if not rows:
+                break
+            for image_id, thumb_path in rows:
+                if thumb_path is None:
+                    generate_thumbnail.delay(image_id)
+                    enqueued += 1
+                elif _thumb_is_valid(Path(thumb_path)):
+                    ok += 1
+                else:
+                    session.execute(
+                        update(ImageRecord)
+                        .where(ImageRecord.id == image_id)
+                        .values(thumbnail_path=None)
+                    )
+                    generate_thumbnail.delay(image_id)
+                    enqueued += 1
+                    regenerated += 1
+            session.commit()
+            last_id = rows[-1][0]
+    return {"enqueued": enqueued, "ok": ok, "regenerated": regenerated}

backend/app/utils/phash.py

@@ -13,8 +13,21 @@ HASH_SIZE = 8
 
 def compute_phash(pil_image) -> str | None:
     """Perceptual hash of an opened PIL image, as a hex string. None on any
-    failure (videos/unreadable/non-image)."""
+    failure (videos/unreadable/non-image).
+
+    For animated images (multi-frame WebP/GIF/APNG), explicitly seek to
+    frame 0 first. Without this, some PIL operations downstream of
+    imagehash.phash (convert("L"), resize) can iterate all frames and
+    blow past Celery's hard time limit on large animations
+    (operator-flagged 2026-05-26 against animated WebPs). The pHash of
+    frame 0 is the conventional choice for animated content.
+    """
     try:
+        if getattr(pil_image, "is_animated", False):
+            try:
+                pil_image.seek(0)
+            except Exception:
+                pass
         return str(imagehash.phash(pil_image, hash_size=HASH_SIZE))
     except Exception:
         return None

backend/app/utils/sidecar.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ No per-platform branching: a small common key set with fallbacks; the
 full JSON is kept in raw so anything unmapped is recoverable later.
 """
 
+import re
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from datetime import UTC, datetime
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -21,10 +22,28 @@ class SidecarData:
     raw: dict
 
 
+# gallery-dl prefixes media filenames with `NN_` for in-post ordering
+# (`01_HOLLOW-ICHIGO.png`, `02_HOLOW ICHIGO.zip`) but writes the sidecar
+# under the attachment's stem WITHOUT that ordering prefix
+# (`HOLLOW-ICHIGO.json`). Strip the prefix when looking for sidecars.
+# Confirmed against real Patreon downloads 2026-05-26 — without this
+# strip, every gallery-dl post-level sidecar was invisible to FC since
+# FC-3 shipped (24 deep-refresh calls produced 0 Posts in operator's DB).
+_NUMBERING_PREFIX = re.compile(r"^\d+_(.+)$")
+
+
 def find_sidecar(media: Path) -> Path | None:
+    # Attachment-level sidecars (image.jpg.json, image.json).
     for cand in (media.with_suffix(".json"), Path(str(media) + ".json")):
         if cand.is_file():
             return cand
+    # gallery-dl post-numbered convention: strip the `NN_` prefix from
+    # the stem and look for that.json in the same directory.
+    m = _NUMBERING_PREFIX.match(media.stem)
+    if m:
+        cand = media.parent / f"{m.group(1)}.json"
+        if cand.is_file():
+            return cand
     return None
 
 

backend/app/utils/tag_prefix.py

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+"""Parse the user-facing `kind:name` shortcut used by the add-tag input.
+
+Mirrors IR's app/utils/tag_prefix.py. Tag.name in FC is stored bare;
+the `kind:` prefix only exists as an input convention at user-facing
+places (image-modal add-tag input, future bulk-add forms). The parser
+is the single owner of the kind-string list — anything not in
+KNOWN_KINDS keeps its colon as literal text.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+# Kinds the user can type as a prefix at the input boundary.
+# Exclusions:
+#   - `general` is the default for un-prefixed input (never typed as prefix)
+#   - `archive`, `post` are system-managed
+#   - `artist` was retired in FC-2d-vii-c — artists are first-class
+#     entities (Artist row + ImageRecord.artist_id), browsed via the
+#     provenance axis rather than as tags. See project_provenance_separation.
+#   - `meta`, `rating` retired as user-typeable per operator 2026-05-26 —
+#     content classification only needs character/fandom/series.
+KNOWN_KINDS: frozenset[str] = frozenset({
+    "character",
+    "fandom",
+    "series",
+})
+
+
+def parse_kind_prefix(raw: str) -> tuple[str | None, str]:
+    """Split a raw user-typed tag string into (kind, name).
+
+    Returns (kind, name) where kind is lowercase canonical and in
+    KNOWN_KINDS, or (None, raw.strip()) if no recognized prefix is
+    present. `name` is always whitespace-stripped.
+
+    Examples:
+        parse_kind_prefix("character:Saber") -> ("character", "Saber")
+        parse_kind_prefix("Character:Saber") -> ("character", "Saber")
+        parse_kind_prefix("sunset")          -> (None, "sunset")
+        parse_kind_prefix("http://example")  -> (None, "http://example")
+        parse_kind_prefix("fandom: FSN ")    -> ("fandom", "FSN")
+    """
+    if ":" in raw:
+        prefix, rest = raw.split(":", 1)
+        if prefix.lower() in KNOWN_KINDS:
+            return prefix.lower(), rest.strip()
+    return None, raw.strip()

extension/manifest.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "manifest_version": 3,
   "name": "FabledCurator",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "version": "1.0.4",
   "description": "Export cookies from supported platforms to FabledCurator and add creators as sources in one click.",
 
   "browser_specific_settings": {
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@
     }
   },
 
+  "content_security_policy": {
+    "_comment": "Override the MV3 default CSP to OMIT upgrade-insecure-requests. FC runs over plain HTTP per the homelab posture (feedback_homelab_http), and the default MV3 CSP would silently upgrade every fetch(http://curator.../...) to https:// and fail with NS_ERROR_GENERATE_FAILURE. Operator-flagged 2026-05-26 after the 'Test connection' button errored despite a working CORS preflight on the backend.",
+    "extension_pages": "script-src 'self'; object-src 'self';"
+  },
+
   "permissions": [
     "cookies",
     "storage",

extension/package.json

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 {
   "name": "fabledcurator-extension",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "version": "1.0.4",
   "private": true,
   "description": "Firefox extension for FabledCurator",
   "scripts": {
-    "lint":  "web-ext lint --source-dir=.",
+    "lint":  "web-ext lint --source-dir=. --no-config-discovery --ignore-files package.json package-lock.json web-ext-artifacts node_modules README.md .gitignore",
-    "start": "web-ext run --source-dir=. --firefox=firefox",
+    "start": "web-ext run --source-dir=. --no-config-discovery --ignore-files package.json package-lock.json web-ext-artifacts node_modules README.md .gitignore --firefox=firefox",
-    "build": "web-ext build --source-dir=. --overwrite-dest",
+    "build": "web-ext build --source-dir=. --no-config-discovery --ignore-files package.json package-lock.json web-ext-artifacts node_modules README.md .gitignore --overwrite-dest",
-    "sign":  "web-ext sign --source-dir=. --channel=unlisted --api-key=$WEB_EXT_API_KEY --api-secret=$WEB_EXT_API_SECRET"
+    "sign":  "web-ext sign --source-dir=. --no-config-discovery --ignore-files package.json package-lock.json web-ext-artifacts node_modules README.md .gitignore --channel=unlisted --api-key=$WEB_EXT_API_KEY --api-secret=$WEB_EXT_API_SECRET"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "web-ext": "^8.0.0"

extension/web-ext-config.cjs

@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-module.exports = {
-  sourceDir: '.',
-  artifactsDir: './web-ext-artifacts',
-  ignoreFiles: [
-    'package.json',
-    'package-lock.json',
-    'web-ext-config.cjs',
-    'web-ext-artifacts',
-    'node_modules',
-    'README.md',
-    '.gitignore',
-  ],
-};

frontend/src/App.vue

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
       <RouterView />
     </AppShell>
     <ImageViewer v-if="modal.isOpen" @close="modal.close()" />
+    <PostModal />
     <AppSnackbar ref="snackbar" />
   </v-app>
 </template>
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ import { onMounted, ref } from 'vue'
 import AppShell from './components/AppShell.vue'
 import AppSnackbar from './components/AppSnackbar.vue'
 import ImageViewer from './components/modal/ImageViewer.vue'
+import PostModal from './components/posts/PostModal.vue'
 import { useModalStore } from './stores/modal.js'
 
 const modal = useModalStore()

frontend/src/components/artist/ArtistDangerZone.vue

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+<template>
+  <v-card class="fc-danger-zone mt-8" variant="outlined">
+    <v-card-title class="d-flex align-center" style="gap: 10px;">
+      <v-icon icon="mdi-alert-octagon" color="error" size="small" />
+      <span>Danger zone</span>
+    </v-card-title>
+    <v-card-text>
+      <p class="text-body-2 fc-muted mb-4">
+        Cascade-delete this artist and every image, source, post, and
+        attachment associated with them. This cannot be undone.
+        Recoverable only from an FC-3h backup.
+      </p>
+      <v-btn
+        color="error" variant="flat" rounded="pill"
+        prepend-icon="mdi-delete-forever"
+        :loading="loading"
+        @click="onClick"
+      >Delete artist &amp; cascade</v-btn>
+
+      <DestructiveConfirmModal
+        v-model="modalOpen"
+        action="delete"
+        kind="artist"
+        :run-id="artistId"
+        tier="C"
+        :projected-counts="projectedCounts"
+        :description="modalDescription"
+        @confirm="onConfirm"
+      />
+    </v-card-text>
+  </v-card>
+</template>
+
+<script setup>
+import { computed, ref } from 'vue'
+import { useRouter } from 'vue-router'
+
+import DestructiveConfirmModal from '../modal/DestructiveConfirmModal.vue'
+import { useAdminStore } from '../../stores/admin.js'
+
+const props = defineProps({
+  slug: { type: String, required: true },
+  artistId: { type: Number, required: true },
+  artistName: { type: String, required: true },
+})
+
+const router = useRouter()
+const store = useAdminStore()
+const loading = ref(false)
+const modalOpen = ref(false)
+const projected = ref(null)
+
+const projectedCounts = computed(() => projected.value?.projected || null)
+
+const modalDescription = computed(
+  () => projected.value
+    ? `Artist “${props.artistName}” — `
+        + `${projected.value.projected.images} images, `
+        + `${projected.value.projected.sources} sources, `
+        + `${Math.round(projected.value.projected.bytes_on_disk / 1_048_576)} MiB on disk`
+    : '',
+)
+
+async function onClick() {
+  loading.value = true
+  try {
+    projected.value = await store.projectArtistCascade(props.slug)
+    modalOpen.value = true
+  } finally {
+    loading.value = false
+  }
+}
+
+async function onConfirm(token) {
+  loading.value = true
+  try {
+    const result = await store.dispatchArtistCascade(props.slug, token)
+    const taskId = result.task_id
+    router.push('/artists')
+    if (taskId) {
+      store.pollTaskUntilDone(taskId).catch(() => {})
+    }
+  } finally {
+    loading.value = false
+  }
+}
+</script>
+
+<style scoped>
+.fc-danger-zone {
+  border-color: rgb(var(--v-theme-error));
+  border-radius: 8px;
+}
+.fc-muted { color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant)); }
+</style>

frontend/src/components/artist/ArtistGalleryTab.vue

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+<template>
+  <div class="fc-artist-gallery">
+    <MasonryGrid
+      :items="store.images"
+      :loading="store.imagesLoading"
+      :has-more="store.hasMoreImages"
+      @load-more="store.loadMoreImages(props.slug)"
+      @open="openImage"
+    />
+  </div>
+</template>
+
+<script setup>
+import { onMounted, watch } from 'vue'
+import { useRoute, useRouter } from 'vue-router'
+
+import { useArtistStore } from '../../stores/artist.js'
+import { useModalStore } from '../../stores/modal.js'
+import MasonryGrid from '../discovery/MasonryGrid.vue'
+
+const props = defineProps({
+  slug: { type: String, required: true },
+})
+
+const store = useArtistStore()
+const modal = useModalStore()
+const route = useRoute()
+const router = useRouter()
+
+onMounted(() => {
+  const initial = parseInt(route.query.image, 10)
+  if (!isNaN(initial)) modal.open(initial)
+})
+
+watch(() => route.query.image, (q) => {
+  const id = parseInt(q, 10)
+  if (!isNaN(id) && id !== modal.currentImageId) modal.open(id)
+  else if (isNaN(id) && modal.currentImageId !== null) modal.close()
+})
+
+function openImage (id) {
+  router.push({ query: { ...route.query, image: id } })
+}
+</script>
+
+<style scoped>
+.fc-artist-gallery { min-width: 0; }
+</style>

frontend/src/components/artist/ArtistHeader.vue

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+<template>
+  <header class="fc-artist-header">
+    <div class="fc-artist-header__left">
+      <h1 class="fc-artist-header__name">{{ name }}</h1>
+      <span v-if="stats" class="fc-artist-header__stats">{{ stats }}</span>
+    </div>
+    <v-tabs
+      :model-value="modelValue"
+      color="accent"
+      density="compact"
+      class="fc-artist-header__tabs"
+      @update:model-value="$emit('update:modelValue', $event)"
+    >
+      <v-tab value="posts">
+        Posts
+        <span v-if="postCount != null" class="fc-artist-header__tab-count">
+          ({{ postCount }})
+        </span>
+      </v-tab>
+      <v-tab value="gallery">
+        Gallery
+        <span v-if="imageCount != null" class="fc-artist-header__tab-count">
+          ({{ imageCount }})
+        </span>
+      </v-tab>
+      <v-tab value="management">Management</v-tab>
+    </v-tabs>
+
+    <!-- Right-side spacer: balances the left cell's flex weight so the
+         centered tabs stay geometrically centered regardless of the
+         artist-name length. Mirrors TopNav's 1fr | auto | 1fr layout. -->
+    <div class="fc-artist-header__right" />
+  </header>
+</template>
+
+<script setup>
+import { computed } from 'vue'
+
+const props = defineProps({
+  name:        { type: String, required: true },
+  imageCount:  { type: Number, default: null },
+  postCount:   { type: Number, default: null },
+  lastAdded:   { type: String, default: null },
+  modelValue:  { type: String, required: true },
+})
+
+defineEmits(['update:modelValue'])
+
+const stats = computed(() => {
+  const parts = []
+  if (props.imageCount != null) {
+    parts.push(`${props.imageCount} image${props.imageCount === 1 ? '' : 's'}`)
+  }
+  if (props.lastAdded) {
+    parts.push(`last added ${props.lastAdded.slice(0, 10)}`)
+  }
+  return parts.join(' · ')
+})
+</script>
+
+<style scoped>
+/* Matches TopNav.vue's frosted recipe exactly. top:48px parks it flush
+   against TopNav's bottom edge (TopNav is 0.75rem padding + ~24px content
+   = ~48px tall; operator-flagged 2026-05-26 that top:64px left a visible
+   gap). The two bars now read as one continuous frosted strip. */
+.fc-artist-header {
+  position: sticky;
+  top: 48px;
+  z-index: 4;
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 1rem;
+  padding: 0.5rem 1rem;
+  background: linear-gradient(
+    to bottom,
+    rgba(20, 23, 26, 0.92) 0%,
+    rgba(20, 23, 26, 0.65) 60%,
+    rgba(20, 23, 26, 0) 100%
+  );
+  backdrop-filter: blur(2px);
+  -webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(2px);
+}
+
+.fc-artist-header__left {
+  flex: 1 1 0;
+  min-width: 0;
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: baseline;
+  gap: 12px;
+  overflow: hidden;
+}
+
+.fc-artist-header__name {
+  font-family: 'Fraunces', Georgia, serif;
+  font-size: 24px;
+  font-weight: 500;
+  margin: 0;
+  color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface));
+  white-space: nowrap;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  text-overflow: ellipsis;
+}
+
+.fc-artist-header__stats {
+  font-size: 13px;
+  color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant));
+  font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  text-overflow: ellipsis;
+}
+
+.fc-artist-header__tabs {
+  flex: 0 0 auto;
+}
+
+.fc-artist-header__right {
+  flex: 1 1 0;
+  min-width: 0;
+}
+
+.fc-artist-header__tab-count {
+  margin-left: 4px;
+  font-size: 12px;
+  color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant));
+  font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
+}
+</style>

frontend/src/components/artist/ArtistManagementTab.vue

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+<template>
+  <div class="fc-artist-mgmt">
+    <section class="fc-artist-mgmt__sec">
+      <h2 class="fc-h2">Overview</h2>
+      <div class="fc-artist-mgmt__chips">
+        <v-chip
+          size="small"
+          :variant="overview.is_subscription ? 'flat' : 'outlined'"
+          :color="overview.is_subscription ? 'accent' : undefined"
+          prepend-icon="mdi-rss"
+        >{{ overview.is_subscription ? 'Subscription' : 'One-off' }}</v-chip>
+        <v-chip
+          size="small" variant="outlined" prepend-icon="mdi-link-variant"
+          :to="`/subscriptions?artist_id=${overview.id}`"
+        >{{ overview.sources.length }} subscription{{ overview.sources.length === 1 ? '' : 's' }}</v-chip>
+      </div>
+    </section>
+
+    <section v-if="overview.cooccurring_tags.length" class="fc-artist-mgmt__sec">
+      <h2 class="fc-h2">Frequent tags</h2>
+      <div class="fc-artist-mgmt__tags">
+        <v-chip
+          v-for="t in overview.cooccurring_tags" :key="t.id"
+          size="small" @click="openTag(t.id)"
+        >{{ t.name }} <span class="fc-artist-mgmt__tagc">{{ t.count }}</span></v-chip>
+      </div>
+    </section>
+
+    <section v-if="overview.activity.length" class="fc-artist-mgmt__sec">
+      <h2 class="fc-h2">Activity</h2>
+      <svg
+        class="fc-artist-mgmt__spark" :viewBox="`0 0 ${sparkW} ${sparkH}`"
+        preserveAspectRatio="none" role="img" aria-label="posts over time"
+      >
+        <polyline :points="sparkPoints" fill="none"
+                  stroke="rgb(var(--v-theme-accent))" stroke-width="2" />
+      </svg>
+    </section>
+
+    <section v-if="overview.sources.length" class="fc-artist-mgmt__sec">
+      <div class="fc-artist-mgmt__sec-head">
+        <h2 class="fc-h2">Subscriptions</h2>
+        <RouterLink
+          :to="`/subscriptions?artist_id=${overview.id}`"
+          class="fc-artist-mgmt__manage"
+        >Manage subscriptions →</RouterLink>
+      </div>
+      <v-table density="compact">
+        <thead>
+          <tr><th>Platform</th><th>URL</th><th class="text-right">Images</th></tr>
+        </thead>
+        <tbody>
+          <tr v-for="s in overview.sources" :key="s.id">
+            <td>{{ s.platform }}</td>
+            <td class="fc-artist-mgmt__url">{{ s.url }}</td>
+            <td class="text-right">{{ s.image_count }}</td>
+          </tr>
+        </tbody>
+      </v-table>
+    </section>
+
+    <section class="fc-artist-mgmt__sec">
+      <h2 class="fc-h2">Danger zone</h2>
+      <ArtistDangerZone
+        :slug="overview.slug"
+        :artist-id="overview.id"
+        :artist-name="overview.name"
+      />
+    </section>
+  </div>
+</template>
+
+<script setup>
+import { computed } from 'vue'
+import { useRouter, RouterLink } from 'vue-router'
+
+import ArtistDangerZone from './ArtistDangerZone.vue'
+
+const props = defineProps({
+  overview: { type: Object, required: true },
+})
+
+const router = useRouter()
+
+const sparkW = 600
+const sparkH = 80
+const sparkPoints = computed(() => {
+  const a = props.overview.activity ?? []
+  if (a.length === 0) return ''
+  const max = Math.max(...a.map(p => p.count), 1)
+  const stepX = a.length > 1 ? sparkW / (a.length - 1) : 0
+  return a.map((p, i) => {
+    const x = i * stepX
+    const y = sparkH - (p.count / max) * (sparkH - 4) - 2
+    return `${x.toFixed(1)},${y.toFixed(1)}`
+  }).join(' ')
+})
+
+function openTag (tagId) {
+  router.push({ name: 'gallery', query: { tag_id: tagId } })
+}
+</script>
+
+<style scoped>
+.fc-artist-mgmt { padding-top: 1rem; }
+.fc-h2 {
+  font-family: 'Fraunces', Georgia, serif;
+  font-size: 20px; font-weight: 500; margin-bottom: 8px;
+}
+.fc-artist-mgmt__sec { margin-bottom: 28px; }
+.fc-artist-mgmt__chips { display: flex; gap: 8px; flex-wrap: wrap; }
+.fc-artist-mgmt__tags { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 6px; }
+.fc-artist-mgmt__tagc {
+  color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant));
+  margin-left: 4px;
+  font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
+}
+.fc-artist-mgmt__spark { width: 100%; height: 80px; }
+.fc-artist-mgmt__url {
+  max-width: 380px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+}
+.fc-artist-mgmt__sec-head {
+  display: flex; align-items: baseline; justify-content: space-between;
+  margin-bottom: 0.25rem;
+}
+.fc-artist-mgmt__manage {
+  font-size: 0.85rem;
+  color: rgb(var(--v-theme-accent));
+  text-decoration: none;
+}
+.fc-artist-mgmt__manage:hover { text-decoration: underline; }
+</style>

frontend/src/components/artist/ArtistPostsTab.vue

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+<template>
+  <div class="fc-artist-posts">
+    <v-alert v-if="store.error" type="error" variant="tonal" closable class="mb-3">
+      {{ String(store.error) }}
+    </v-alert>
+
+    <div v-if="store.loading && store.items.length === 0" class="fc-artist-posts__loading">
+      <v-progress-circular indeterminate color="accent" size="36" />
+    </div>
+
+    <div v-else-if="store.items.length === 0 && store.done" class="fc-artist-posts__empty">
+      <p>No posts for this artist yet. Switch to
+        <a href="#" @click.prevent="$emit('switch-tab', 'gallery')">Gallery</a>
+        to see imported images, or visit
+        <RouterLink to="/subscriptions">Subscriptions</RouterLink>
+        to start capturing posts.
+      </p>
+    </div>
+
+    <div v-else>
+      <PostCard v-for="p in store.items" :key="p.id" :post="p" />
+      <div ref="sentinel" class="fc-artist-posts__sentinel">
+        <v-progress-circular v-if="store.loading" indeterminate color="accent" size="24" />
+        <span v-else-if="store.done" class="fc-artist-posts__end">End of stream</span>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</template>
+
+<script setup>
+import { onMounted, onUnmounted, ref, watch } from 'vue'
+import { RouterLink } from 'vue-router'
+
+import { usePostsStore } from '../../stores/posts.js'
+import PostCard from '../posts/PostCard.vue'
+
+const props = defineProps({
+  artistId: { type: Number, required: true },
+})
+
+defineEmits(['switch-tab'])
+
+const store = usePostsStore()
+const sentinel = ref(null)
+let observer = null
+
+async function reload () {
+  await store.loadInitial({ artist_id: props.artistId, platform: null })
+}
+
+watch(() => props.artistId, reload)
+
+onMounted(async () => {
+  await reload()
+  observer = new IntersectionObserver((entries) => {
+    if (entries.some(e => e.isIntersecting)) {
+      store.loadMore()
+    }
+  }, { rootMargin: '400px 0px' })
+  if (sentinel.value) observer.observe(sentinel.value)
+})
+
+onUnmounted(() => {
+  if (observer) observer.disconnect()
+})
+</script>
+
+<style scoped>
+.fc-artist-posts {
+  max-width: 1600px;
+  margin: 0 auto;
+}
+.fc-artist-posts__loading,
+.fc-artist-posts__empty {
+  display: flex;
+  justify-content: center;
+  padding: 2rem;
+  color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant));
+}
+.fc-artist-posts__sentinel {
+  display: flex;
+  justify-content: center;
+  padding: 1.5rem 0;
+  min-height: 2rem;
+}
+.fc-artist-posts__end {
+  color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant));
+  font-size: 0.85rem;
+}
+</style>

frontend/src/components/cleanup/MinDimensionCard.vue

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+<template>
+  <v-card class="fc-clean-card">
+    <v-card-title class="d-flex align-center" style="gap: 10px;">
+      <v-icon icon="mdi-image-size-select-small" size="small" />
+      <span>Minimum dimensions</span>
+    </v-card-title>
+    <v-card-text>
+      <p class="fc-muted text-body-2 mb-3">
+        Find and delete images smaller than the threshold. Mirrors the
+        import-time <code>min_width</code> / <code>min_height</code>
+        filter, applied retroactively to the existing library.
+      </p>
+
+      <v-row dense>
+        <v-col cols="6">
+          <v-text-field
+            v-model.number="minW" label="Min width (px)" type="number"
+            min="0" density="compact" hide-details
+          />
+        </v-col>
+        <v-col cols="6">
+          <v-text-field
+            v-model.number="minH" label="Min height (px)" type="number"
+            min="0" density="compact" hide-details
+          />
+        </v-col>
+      </v-row>
+
+      <div class="d-flex align-center mt-3" style="gap: 10px;">
+        <v-btn
+          color="accent" variant="flat" rounded="pill"
+          prepend-icon="mdi-magnify"
+          :loading="busy"
+          @click="onPreview"
+        >Preview</v-btn>
+
+        <span v-if="preview" class="text-body-2">
+          <strong>{{ preview.count }}</strong> image(s) would be deleted.
+        </span>
+      </div>
+
+      <v-btn
+        v-if="preview && preview.count > 0"
+        class="mt-3"
+        color="error" variant="flat" rounded="pill"
+        prepend-icon="mdi-delete"
+        @click="onDeleteClick"
+      >Delete {{ preview.count }} matching...</v-btn>
+    </v-card-text>
+
+    <DestructiveConfirmModal
+      v-model="showModal"
+      action="delete"
+      kind="min-dim"
+      :run-id="tokenSha8"
+      tier="C"
+      :projected-counts="projectedCounts"
+      :description="`Width < ${minW} OR height < ${minH}`"
+      @confirm="onConfirmedDelete"
+    />
+  </v-card>
+</template>
+
+<script setup>
+import { onMounted, ref } from 'vue'
+
+import DestructiveConfirmModal from '../modal/DestructiveConfirmModal.vue'
+import { useCleanupStore } from '../../stores/cleanup.js'
+
+const store = useCleanupStore()
+const minW = ref(0)
+const minH = ref(0)
+const preview = ref(null)
+const busy = ref(false)
+const showModal = ref(false)
+const tokenSha8 = ref('')
+const projectedCounts = ref({})
+
+onMounted(async () => {
+  await store.loadDefaults()
+  minW.value = store.defaults.min_width
+  minH.value = store.defaults.min_height
+})
+
+// SHA-256 truncated to 8 hex chars — matches the backend's
+// _min_dim_token() exactly. Web Crypto rejects MD5 as insecure.
+async function sha8(canon) {
+  const enc = new TextEncoder()
+  const buf = await crypto.subtle.digest('SHA-256', enc.encode(canon))
+  const hex = Array.from(new Uint8Array(buf)).map(b => b.toString(16).padStart(2, '0')).join('')
+  return hex.slice(0, 8)
+}
+
+async function onPreview() {
+  busy.value = true
+  try {
+    preview.value = await store.previewMinDim(minW.value, minH.value)
+  } catch (e) {
+    window.__fcToast?.({ text: `Preview failed: ${e.message}`, type: 'error' })
+  } finally {
+    busy.value = false
+  }
+}
+
+async function onDeleteClick() {
+  tokenSha8.value = await sha8(`${minW.value}x${minH.value}`)
+  projectedCounts.value = { 'Images to delete': preview.value.count }
+  showModal.value = true
+}
+
+async function onConfirmedDelete(token) {
+  try {
+    const res = await store.deleteMinDim(minW.value, minH.value, token)
+    window.__fcToast?.({
+      text: `Deleted ${res.deleted} image(s)`, type: 'success',
+    })
+    preview.value = null
+  } catch (e) {
+    window.__fcToast?.({ text: `Delete failed: ${e.message}`, type: 'error' })
+  }
+}
+</script>
+
+<style scoped>
+.fc-clean-card { border-radius: 8px; }
+.fc-muted { color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant)); }
+</style>

frontend/src/components/cleanup/SingleColorAuditCard.vue

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+<template>
+  <v-card class="fc-clean-card">
+    <v-card-title class="d-flex align-center" style="gap: 10px;">
+      <v-icon icon="mdi-palette-swatch" size="small" />
+      <span>Single-color audit</span>
+    </v-card-title>
+    <v-card-text>
+      <p class="fc-muted text-body-2 mb-3">
+        Scan library for images dominated by one color within the
+        tolerance. Catches placeholder / solid-fill / error-page images
+        that slipped through the import filter. Same background-scan
+        cadence as the transparency audit.
+      </p>
+
+      <v-row dense>
+        <v-col cols="6">
+          <v-text-field
+            v-model.number="threshold" label="Threshold (0–1)"
+            type="number" min="0" max="1" step="0.01"
+            density="compact" hide-details
+            :disabled="audit && audit.status === 'running'"
+          />
+        </v-col>
+        <v-col cols="6">
+          <v-text-field
+            v-model.number="tolerance" label="Color tolerance (0–441)"
+            type="number" min="0" max="441"
+            density="compact" hide-details
+            :disabled="audit && audit.status === 'running'"
+          />
+        </v-col>
+      </v-row>
+
+      <v-btn
+        v-if="!audit || audit.status !== 'running'"
+        class="mt-3"
+        color="accent" variant="flat" rounded="pill"
+        prepend-icon="mdi-magnify-scan"
+        :loading="busy"
+        @click="onStart"
+      >Scan library</v-btn>
+
+      <div v-if="audit && audit.status === 'running'" class="mt-3">
+        <v-progress-linear indeterminate color="accent" />
+        <div class="text-body-2 mt-2 d-flex align-center" style="gap: 10px;">
+          <span>
+            Scanning… {{ audit.scanned_count }} checked,
+            {{ audit.matched_count }} matched
+          </span>
+          <v-btn
+            variant="text" size="small" color="warning" rounded="pill"
+            @click="onCancel"
+          >Cancel</v-btn>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+
+      <div v-if="audit && audit.status === 'ready'" class="mt-3">
+        <p class="text-body-2 mb-2">
+          Scan complete. <strong>{{ audit.matched_count }}</strong>
+          image(s) match.
+        </p>
+        <v-btn
+          v-if="audit.matched_count > 0"
+          color="error" variant="flat" rounded="pill"
+          prepend-icon="mdi-delete"
+          @click="onApplyClick"
+        >Delete {{ audit.matched_count }} matching...</v-btn>
+      </div>
+
+      <v-alert
+        v-if="audit && audit.status === 'error'"
+        type="error" variant="tonal" density="compact" class="mt-3"
+      >Scan failed: {{ audit.error }}</v-alert>
+
+      <v-alert
+        v-if="audit && audit.status === 'applied'"
+        type="success" variant="tonal" density="compact" class="mt-3"
+      >Applied — matched images deleted.</v-alert>
+    </v-card-text>
+
+    <DestructiveConfirmModal
+      v-if="audit"
+      v-model="showModal"
+      action="delete"
+      kind="audit"
+      :run-id="audit.id"
+      tier="C"
+      :projected-counts="projectedCounts"
+      description="Permanently deletes images matched by the single-color scan."
+      @confirm="onConfirmedApply"
+    />
+  </v-card>
+</template>
+
+<script setup>
+import { onMounted, onUnmounted, ref } from 'vue'
+
+import DestructiveConfirmModal from '../modal/DestructiveConfirmModal.vue'
+import { useCleanupStore } from '../../stores/cleanup.js'
+
+const store = useCleanupStore()
+const threshold = ref(0.95)
+const tolerance = ref(30)
+const audit = ref(null)
+const busy = ref(false)
+const showModal = ref(false)
+const projectedCounts = ref({})
+let pollTimer = null
+
+onMounted(async () => {
+  await store.loadDefaults()
+  threshold.value = store.defaults.single_color_threshold
+  tolerance.value = store.defaults.single_color_tolerance
+})
+
+onUnmounted(() => stopPoll())
+
+function startPoll(id) {
+  stopPoll()
+  pollTimer = setInterval(async () => {
+    try {
+      const fresh = await store.getAudit(id)
+      audit.value = fresh
+      if (fresh.status !== 'running') stopPoll()
+    } catch (e) {
+      stopPoll()
+      window.__fcToast?.({ text: `Audit poll failed: ${e.message}`, type: 'error' })
+    }
+  }, 5000)
+}
+
+function stopPoll() {
+  if (pollTimer) { clearInterval(pollTimer); pollTimer = null }
+}
+
+async function onStart() {
+  busy.value = true
+  try {
+    const res = await store.startAudit('single_color', {
+      threshold: threshold.value, tolerance: tolerance.value,
+    })
+    audit.value = await store.getAudit(res.audit_id)
+    startPoll(res.audit_id)
+  } catch (e) {
+    window.__fcToast?.({ text: `Scan start failed: ${e.message}`, type: 'error' })
+  } finally {
+    busy.value = false
+  }
+}
+
+async function onCancel() {
+  if (!audit.value) return
+  try {
+    await store.cancelAudit(audit.value.id)
+    audit.value = await store.getAudit(audit.value.id)
+    stopPoll()
+  } catch (e) {
+    window.__fcToast?.({ text: `Cancel failed: ${e.message}`, type: 'error' })
+  }
+}
+
+function onApplyClick() {
+  projectedCounts.value = { 'Images to delete': audit.value.matched_count }
+  showModal.value = true
+}
+
+async function onConfirmedApply(token) {
+  try {
+    const res = await store.applyAudit(audit.value.id, token)
+    window.__fcToast?.({
+      text: `Deleted ${res.deleted} image(s)`, type: 'success',
+    })
+    audit.value = await store.getAudit(audit.value.id)
+  } catch (e) {
+    window.__fcToast?.({ text: `Apply failed: ${e.message}`, type: 'error' })
+  }
+}
+</script>
+
+<style scoped>
+.fc-clean-card { border-radius: 8px; }
+.fc-muted { color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant)); }
+</style>

frontend/src/components/cleanup/TransparencyAuditCard.vue

@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+<template>
+  <v-card class="fc-clean-card">
+    <v-card-title class="d-flex align-center" style="gap: 10px;">
+      <v-icon icon="mdi-checkerboard" size="small" />
+      <span>Transparency audit</span>
+    </v-card-title>
+    <v-card-text>
+      <p class="fc-muted text-body-2 mb-3">
+        Scan library for images whose transparent-pixel fraction exceeds
+        the threshold. Animated WebPs / GIFs are skipped (the import-side
+        rule does the same). Runs as a background task — ~50ms per image,
+        so a 57k library takes ~50 minutes.
+      </p>
+
+      <v-text-field
+        v-model.number="threshold" label="Transparency threshold (0–1)"
+        type="number" min="0" max="1" step="0.01" density="compact" hide-details
+        :disabled="audit && audit.status === 'running'"
+        class="mb-3"
+      />
+
+      <v-btn
+        v-if="!audit || audit.status !== 'running'"
+        color="accent" variant="flat" rounded="pill"
+        prepend-icon="mdi-magnify-scan"
+        :loading="busy"
+        @click="onStart"
+      >Scan library</v-btn>
+
+      <div v-if="audit && audit.status === 'running'" class="mt-3">
+        <v-progress-linear indeterminate color="accent" />
+        <div class="text-body-2 mt-2 d-flex align-center" style="gap: 10px;">
+          <span>
+            Scanning… {{ audit.scanned_count }} checked,
+            {{ audit.matched_count }} matched
+          </span>
+          <v-btn
+            variant="text" size="small" color="warning" rounded="pill"
+            @click="onCancel"
+          >Cancel</v-btn>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+
+      <div v-if="audit && audit.status === 'ready'" class="mt-3">
+        <p class="text-body-2 mb-2">
+          Scan complete. <strong>{{ audit.matched_count }}</strong>
+          image(s) match.
+        </p>
+        <v-btn
+          v-if="audit.matched_count > 0"
+          color="error" variant="flat" rounded="pill"
+          prepend-icon="mdi-delete"
+          @click="onApplyClick"
+        >Delete {{ audit.matched_count }} matching...</v-btn>
+      </div>
+
+      <v-alert
+        v-if="audit && audit.status === 'error'"
+        type="error" variant="tonal" density="compact" class="mt-3"
+      >Scan failed: {{ audit.error }}</v-alert>
+
+      <v-alert
+        v-if="audit && audit.status === 'applied'"
+        type="success" variant="tonal" density="compact" class="mt-3"
+      >Applied — matched images deleted.</v-alert>
+    </v-card-text>
+
+    <DestructiveConfirmModal
+      v-if="audit"
+      v-model="showModal"
+      action="delete"
+      kind="audit"
+      :run-id="audit.id"
+      tier="C"
+      :projected-counts="projectedCounts"
+      description="Permanently deletes images matched by the transparency scan."
+      @confirm="onConfirmedApply"
+    />
+  </v-card>
+</template>
+
+<script setup>
+import { onMounted, onUnmounted, ref } from 'vue'
+
+import DestructiveConfirmModal from '../modal/DestructiveConfirmModal.vue'
+import { useCleanupStore } from '../../stores/cleanup.js'
+
+const store = useCleanupStore()
+const threshold = ref(0.9)
+const audit = ref(null)
+const busy = ref(false)
+const showModal = ref(false)
+const projectedCounts = ref({})
+let pollTimer = null
+
+onMounted(async () => {
+  await store.loadDefaults()
+  threshold.value = store.defaults.transparency_threshold
+})
+
+onUnmounted(() => stopPoll())
+
+function startPoll(id) {
+  stopPoll()
+  pollTimer = setInterval(async () => {
+    try {
+      const fresh = await store.getAudit(id)
+      audit.value = fresh
+      if (fresh.status !== 'running') stopPoll()
+    } catch (e) {
+      stopPoll()
+      window.__fcToast?.({ text: `Audit poll failed: ${e.message}`, type: 'error' })
+    }
+  }, 5000)
+}
+
+function stopPoll() {
+  if (pollTimer) { clearInterval(pollTimer); pollTimer = null }
+}
+
+async function onStart() {
+  busy.value = true
+  try {
+    const res = await store.startAudit('transparency', { threshold: threshold.value })
+    audit.value = await store.getAudit(res.audit_id)
+    startPoll(res.audit_id)
+  } catch (e) {
+    window.__fcToast?.({ text: `Scan start failed: ${e.message}`, type: 'error' })
+  } finally {
+    busy.value = false
+  }
+}
+
+async function onCancel() {
+  if (!audit.value) return
+  try {
+    await store.cancelAudit(audit.value.id)
+    audit.value = await store.getAudit(audit.value.id)
+    stopPoll()
+  } catch (e) {
+    window.__fcToast?.({ text: `Cancel failed: ${e.message}`, type: 'error' })
+  }
+}
+
+function onApplyClick() {
+  projectedCounts.value = { 'Images to delete': audit.value.matched_count }
+  showModal.value = true
+}
+
+async function onConfirmedApply(token) {
+  try {
+    const res = await store.applyAudit(audit.value.id, token)
+    window.__fcToast?.({
+      text: `Deleted ${res.deleted} image(s)`, type: 'success',
+    })
+    audit.value = await store.getAudit(audit.value.id)
+  } catch (e) {
+    window.__fcToast?.({ text: `Apply failed: ${e.message}`, type: 'error' })
+  }
+}
+</script>
+
+<style scoped>
+.fc-clean-card { border-radius: 8px; }
+.fc-muted { color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant)); }
+</style>

frontend/src/components/common/ErrorDetailModal.vue

@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+<template>
+  <v-dialog :model-value="modelValue" max-width="900"
+            @update:model-value="$emit('update:modelValue', $event)">
+    <v-card>
+      <v-card-title class="d-flex align-center" style="gap: 12px;">
+        <v-icon icon="mdi-alert-circle-outline" color="error" />
+        <span>{{ displayTitle }}</span>
+        <v-spacer />
+        <v-btn icon variant="text" size="small" @click="close">
+          <v-icon>mdi-close</v-icon>
+        </v-btn>
+      </v-card-title>
+      <v-card-text>
+        <dl v-if="contextRows.length" class="fc-err-context">
+          <template v-for="(row, idx) in contextRows" :key="idx">
+            <dt>{{ row[0] }}</dt>
+            <dd>{{ row[1] }}</dd>
+          </template>
+        </dl>
+        <pre class="fc-err-pre">{{ displayMessage || '(no error message)' }}</pre>
+      </v-card-text>
+      <v-card-actions>
+        <v-btn
+          variant="text" rounded="pill" size="small"
+          :prepend-icon="copied ? 'mdi-check' : 'mdi-content-copy'"
+          @click="onCopy"
+        >{{ copied ? 'Copied' : 'Copy' }}</v-btn>
+        <v-spacer />
+        <v-btn variant="text" rounded="pill" @click="close">Close</v-btn>
+      </v-card-actions>
+    </v-card>
+  </v-dialog>
+</template>
+
+<script setup>
+import { computed, ref, watch } from 'vue'
+
+import { copyText } from '../../utils/clipboard.js'
+
+const props = defineProps({
+  modelValue: { type: Boolean, default: false },
+  // Legacy mode: pass title + message strings. Used by callers whose row
+  // shape lacks structured context (e.g. ImportTaskList where `error` is
+  // a plain string on the import_task row, not a TaskRun).
+  title: { type: String, default: 'Error details' },
+  message: { type: String, default: '' },
+  // Row mode: pass the full TaskRun-shaped dict from /api/system_activity.
+  // When set, displayTitle/displayMessage derive from the row and a context
+  // panel of task_name/queue/target/duration/etc. renders above the error.
+  row: { type: Object, default: null },
+})
+
+const emit = defineEmits(['update:modelValue'])
+
+const copied = ref(false)
+let copiedTimer = null
+
+const displayTitle = computed(() => {
+  if (props.row) return props.row.error_type || 'Error details'
+  return props.title
+})
+
+const displayMessage = computed(() => {
+  if (props.row) return props.row.error_message || ''
+  return props.message
+})
+
+function _shortTaskName (name) {
+  if (!name) return ''
+  const parts = String(name).split('.')
+  return parts[parts.length - 1]
+}
+
+function _formatDuration (ms) {
+  if (ms == null) return null
+  if (ms < 1000) return `${ms} ms`
+  if (ms < 60_000) return `${(ms / 1000).toFixed(1)} s`
+  return `${(ms / 60_000).toFixed(1)} min`
+}
+
+const contextRows = computed(() => {
+  const r = props.row
+  if (!r) return []
+  const rows = []
+  if (r.task_name) rows.push(['Task', _shortTaskName(r.task_name)])
+  if (r.queue) rows.push(['Queue', r.queue])
+  if (r.target_id != null) rows.push(['Target', r.target_id])
+  const dur = _formatDuration(r.duration_ms)
+  if (dur != null) rows.push(['Duration', dur])
+  if (r.started_at) rows.push(['Started', r.started_at])
+  if (r.finished_at) rows.push(['Finished', r.finished_at])
+  if (r.retry_count) rows.push(['Retries', r.retry_count])
+  if (r.worker_hostname) rows.push(['Worker', r.worker_hostname])
+  if (r.celery_task_id) rows.push(['Celery ID', r.celery_task_id])
+  if (r.args_summary) rows.push(['Args', r.args_summary])
+  return rows
+})
+
+watch(() => props.modelValue, (open) => {
+  if (!open) {
+    copied.value = false
+    if (copiedTimer) { clearTimeout(copiedTimer); copiedTimer = null }
+  }
+})
+
+function close () {
+  emit('update:modelValue', false)
+}
+
+async function onCopy () {
+  let text = displayMessage.value || ''
+  if (contextRows.value.length) {
+    const header = contextRows.value.map(([k, v]) => `${k}: ${v}`).join('\n')
+    text = `${header}\n\nError: ${displayTitle.value}\n${text}`
+  }
+  try {
+    await copyText(text)
+    copied.value = true
+    if (copiedTimer) clearTimeout(copiedTimer)
+    copiedTimer = setTimeout(() => { copied.value = false }, 1500)
+  } catch (e) {
+    window.__fcToast?.({ text: `Copy failed: ${e.message}`, type: 'error' })
+  }
+}
+</script>
+
+<style scoped>
+/* Context panel: muted labels in vellum, crisp values in parchment. The
+   2-column key/value grid keeps rows visually scannable when there are
+   many fields (Task, Queue, Target, Duration, Started, Finished, Retries,
+   Worker, Celery ID, Args). */
+.fc-err-context {
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: max-content 1fr;
+  column-gap: 14px;
+  row-gap: 4px;
+  margin: 0 0 14px 0;
+  font-size: 13px;
+}
+.fc-err-context dt {
+  color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant));
+  font-weight: 500;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+}
+.fc-err-context dd {
+  color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface));
+  margin: 0;
+  font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
+  word-break: break-all;
+}
+
+/* Error pre block: high-contrast pairing. The page's `background` token
+   (obsidian #14171A) is darker than the modal card's `surface` (iron
+   #1E2228), so parchment text reads crisply against it. The prior pairing
+   used `surface-variant` which Vuetify auto-derives to a near-parchment
+   light value in this theme — pale-on-pale and unreadable. Operator-
+   flagged 2026-05-26 ("ui contrast is poor"). */
+.fc-err-pre {
+  font-family: 'JetBrains Mono', ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Menlo, Consolas, monospace;
+  font-size: 12px;
+  line-height: 1.5;
+  white-space: pre-wrap;
+  word-break: break-word;
+  background: rgb(var(--v-theme-background));
+  color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface));
+  padding: 12px 14px;
+  border-radius: 6px;
+  max-height: 60vh;
+  overflow: auto;
+  margin: 0;
+}
+</style>

frontend/src/components/credentials/ExtensionKeyBar.vue

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 <script setup>
 import { onMounted, ref } from 'vue'
 import { useCredentialsStore } from '../../stores/credentials.js'
+import { copyText } from '../../utils/clipboard.js'
 
 const store = useCredentialsStore()
 const showRotateConfirm = ref(false)
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ onMounted(() => store.loadKey())
 async function copyKey() {
   if (!store.extensionKey) return
   try {
-    await navigator.clipboard.writeText(store.extensionKey)
+    await copyText(store.extensionKey)
     globalThis.window?.__fcToast?.({ text: 'Copied', type: 'success' })
   } catch {
     globalThis.window?.__fcToast?.({ text: 'Copy failed', type: 'error' })

frontend/src/components/discovery/ArtistCard.vue

@@ -38,9 +38,18 @@ function onCardClick() {
 .fc-artistcard { cursor: pointer; }
 .fc-artistcard__previews {
   display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
-  gap: 2px; aspect-ratio: 3 / 1; background: rgb(var(--v-theme-surface-light));
+  gap: 2px; aspect-ratio: 3 / 1;
+  /* Explicit floor + ceiling so tall source images can't escape the
+     preview slot even on browsers where aspect-ratio doesn't compute. */
+  min-height: 150px; max-height: 220px;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  background: rgb(var(--v-theme-surface-light));
+}
+.fc-artistcard__previews img {
+  display: block;
+  width: 100%; height: 100%;
+  object-fit: cover; object-position: center;
 }
-.fc-artistcard__previews img { width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; }
 .fc-artistcard__noimg {
   grid-column: 1 / -1; display: flex; align-items: center;
   justify-content: center;

frontend/src/components/discovery/TagCard.vue

@@ -44,7 +44,31 @@
       </div>
       <div class="fc-tagcard__meta">
         <v-chip size="x-small" label>{{ card.kind }}</v-chip>
-        <span class="fc-tagcard__count">{{ card.image_count }}</span>
+        <div class="fc-tagcard__meta-right">
+          <span class="fc-tagcard__count">{{ card.image_count }}</span>
+          <v-menu>
+            <template #activator="{ props: act }">
+              <v-btn
+                class="fc-tagcard__menu"
+                icon="mdi-dots-vertical" size="x-small" variant="text"
+                v-bind="act" @click.stop
+              />
+            </template>
+            <v-list density="compact">
+              <v-list-item
+                title="Merge with…"
+                prepend-icon="mdi-call-merge"
+                @click="$emit('merge-with', card)"
+              />
+              <v-list-item
+                title="Delete tag"
+                prepend-icon="mdi-delete"
+                base-color="error"
+                @click="$emit('delete', card)"
+              />
+            </v-list>
+          </v-menu>
+        </div>
       </div>
     </v-card-text>
   </v-card>
@@ -54,7 +78,7 @@
 import { ref } from 'vue'
 
 const props = defineProps({ card: { type: Object, required: true } })
-const emit = defineEmits(['open', 'rename', 'manage', 'read'])
+const emit = defineEmits(['open', 'rename', 'manage', 'read', 'merge-with', 'delete'])
 
 const editing = ref(false)
 const draft = ref('')
@@ -82,9 +106,19 @@ function submit() {
 .fc-tagcard { cursor: pointer; }
 .fc-tagcard__previews {
   display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
-  gap: 2px; aspect-ratio: 3 / 1; background: rgb(var(--v-theme-surface-light));
+  gap: 2px; aspect-ratio: 3 / 1;
+  /* Explicit floor + ceiling so tall source images can't escape the
+     preview slot even on browsers where aspect-ratio doesn't compute
+     (older Safari, embedded webviews). */
+  min-height: 150px; max-height: 220px;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  background: rgb(var(--v-theme-surface-light));
+}
+.fc-tagcard__previews img {
+  display: block;
+  width: 100%; height: 100%;
+  object-fit: cover; object-position: center;
 }
-.fc-tagcard__previews img { width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; }
 .fc-tagcard__noimg {
   grid-column: 1 / -1; display: flex; align-items: center;
   justify-content: center;
@@ -106,4 +140,13 @@ function submit() {
 }
 .fc-tagcard:hover .fc-tagcard__edit { opacity: .6; }
 .fc-tagcard__edit:hover { opacity: 1; }
+.fc-tagcard__meta-right {
+  display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 4px;
+}
+.fc-tagcard__menu {
+  opacity: 0;
+  transition: opacity .15s ease;
+}
+.fc-tagcard:hover .fc-tagcard__menu { opacity: .6; }
+.fc-tagcard__menu:hover { opacity: 1; }
 </style>

frontend/src/components/gallery/BulkEditorPanel.vue

@@ -55,19 +55,44 @@
       </template>
     </div>
 
+    <div class="fc-bulk-panel__section">
+      <h4>Destructive</h4>
+      <v-btn
+        color="error" variant="flat" rounded="pill" block
+        prepend-icon="mdi-delete-forever"
+        :disabled="!sel.count"
+        :loading="deleting"
+        @click="onDeleteClick"
+      >Delete {{ sel.count }} selected</v-btn>
+    </div>
+
     <div class="fc-bulk-panel__foot">
       <v-btn variant="text" block @click="sel.clear()">Clear selection</v-btn>
     </div>
+
+    <DestructiveConfirmModal
+      v-model="deleteModalOpen"
+      action="delete"
+      kind="images-selection"
+      :run-id="bulkToken"
+      tier="C"
+      :projected-counts="bulkProjectedCounts"
+      :description="bulkDescription"
+      @confirm="onDeleteConfirm"
+    />
   </aside>
 </template>
 
 <script setup>
-import { ref, watch } from 'vue'
+import { computed, ref, watch } from 'vue'
 import { useGallerySelectionStore } from '../../stores/gallerySelection.js'
+import { useAdminStore } from '../../stores/admin.js'
 import { useApi } from '../../composables/useApi.js'
+import DestructiveConfirmModal from '../modal/DestructiveConfirmModal.vue'
 
 const sel = useGallerySelectionStore()
 const api = useApi()
+const adminStore = useAdminStore()
 
 const addModel = ref(null)
 const addHits = ref([])
@@ -99,6 +124,66 @@ async function onAddPick(id) {
 watch(() => sel.order.length, () => {
   if (sel.isSelectMode) sel.refresh()
 })
+
+// --- FC-3k bulk delete -----------------------------------------------
+
+const deleting = ref(false)
+const deleteModalOpen = ref(false)
+const bulkProjected = ref(null)
+const bulkToken = ref('')
+
+const bulkProjectedCounts = computed(() => bulkProjected.value
+  ? {
+    images: bulkProjected.value.images_found,
+    thumbnails: bulkProjected.value.thumbs_to_unlink,
+    bytes: bulkProjected.value.bytes_on_disk,
+  }
+  : null,
+)
+const bulkDescription = computed(
+  () => bulkProjected.value
+    ? `${bulkProjected.value.images_found} images, `
+        + `${Math.round(bulkProjected.value.bytes_on_disk / 1_048_576)} MiB on disk`
+    : '',
+)
+
+async function _computeSha8(ids) {
+  const canon = [...ids].sort((a, b) => a - b).join(',')
+  const buf = new TextEncoder().encode(canon)
+  const hashBuf = await crypto.subtle.digest('SHA-256', buf)
+  const bytes = new Uint8Array(hashBuf)
+  let hex = ''
+  for (let i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+    hex += bytes[i].toString(16).padStart(2, '0')
+  }
+  return hex
+}
+
+async function onDeleteClick() {
+  if (!sel.order.length) return
+  deleting.value = true
+  try {
+    bulkProjected.value = await adminStore.projectBulkImageDelete(sel.order)
+    bulkToken.value = await _computeSha8(sel.order)
+    deleteModalOpen.value = true
+  } finally {
+    deleting.value = false
+  }
+}
+
+async function onDeleteConfirm(token) {
+  deleting.value = true
+  try {
+    const result = await adminStore.dispatchBulkImageDelete(sel.order, token)
+    const taskId = result.task_id
+    if (taskId) {
+      adminStore.pollTaskUntilDone(taskId).catch(() => {})
+    }
+    sel.clear()
+  } finally {
+    deleting.value = false
+  }
+}
 </script>
 
 <style scoped>

frontend/src/components/modal/DestructiveConfirmModal.vue

@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+<template>
+  <v-dialog
+    :model-value="modelValue"
+    max-width="520" persistent
+    @update:model-value="$emit('update:modelValue', $event)"
+  >
+    <v-card>
+      <v-card-title>
+        {{ titleVerb }}
+        {{ kindLabel }}<span v-if="runId"> #{{ runId }}</span>
+      </v-card-title>
+      <v-card-text>
+        <v-alert
+          :type="alertType"
+          variant="tonal" density="compact" class="mb-3"
+        >
+          <strong>{{ warningText }}</strong>
+          <div v-if="description" class="mt-1">{{ description }}</div>
+        </v-alert>
+
+        <div v-if="projectedCounts" class="fc-counts mb-3">
+          <div v-for="(v, k) in projectedCounts" :key="k">
+            <span class="fc-counts-key">{{ k }}:</span>
+            <span class="fc-counts-val">{{ v }}</span>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+
+        <template v-if="tier === 'C'">
+          <div class="text-body-2 mb-2">Type the following to confirm:</div>
+          <div class="fc-token mb-3">{{ expectedToken }}</div>
+          <v-text-field
+            v-model="typed"
+            variant="outlined" density="compact" hide-details
+            autofocus
+            placeholder="paste the token above"
+          />
+        </template>
+      </v-card-text>
+      <v-card-actions>
+        <v-spacer />
+        <v-btn variant="text" @click="onCancel">Cancel</v-btn>
+        <v-btn
+          :color="confirmColor"
+          variant="flat" rounded="pill"
+          :disabled="!canConfirm"
+          @click="onConfirm"
+        >
+          {{ titleVerb }}
+        </v-btn>
+      </v-card-actions>
+    </v-card>
+  </v-dialog>
+</template>
+
+<script setup>
+import { computed, ref, watch } from 'vue'
+
+const props = defineProps({
+  modelValue: { type: Boolean, required: true },
+  action: { type: String, required: true },          // 'restore' | 'delete'
+  kind: { type: String, required: true },            // 'db' | 'images' | 'artist' | 'tag' | 'images-selection'
+  runId: { type: [Number, String], default: '' },    // numeric id or sha8 string
+  description: { type: String, default: '' },
+  tier: { type: String, default: 'C' },              // 'B' | 'C'
+  projectedCounts: { type: Object, default: null },
+})
+const emit = defineEmits(['update:modelValue', 'confirm'])
+
+const typed = ref('')
+const expectedToken = computed(
+  () => `${props.action}-${props.kind}-${props.runId}`,
+)
+const titleVerb = computed(
+  () => props.action === 'restore' ? 'Restore' : 'Delete',
+)
+const kindLabel = computed(() => ({
+  db: 'database backup',
+  images: 'images backup',
+  artist: 'artist',
+  tag: 'tag',
+  'images-selection': 'image selection',
+}[props.kind] || props.kind))
+const alertType = computed(
+  () => props.action === 'restore' ? 'warning' : 'error',
+)
+const confirmColor = computed(
+  () => props.action === 'restore' ? 'warning' : 'error',
+)
+const warningText = computed(() => (
+  props.action === 'restore'
+    ? 'This replaces current state with the backup. There is no undo.'
+    : 'This permanently deletes the listed items. Cannot be recovered.'
+))
+const canConfirm = computed(
+  () => props.tier === 'B'
+    ? true
+    : typed.value === expectedToken.value,
+)
+
+watch(() => props.modelValue, (open) => {
+  if (open) typed.value = ''
+})
+
+function onCancel() {
+  emit('update:modelValue', false)
+}
+function onConfirm() {
+  emit('confirm', expectedToken.value)
+  emit('update:modelValue', false)
+}
+</script>
+
+<style scoped>
+.fc-token {
+  font-family: 'JetBrains Mono', monospace;
+  background: rgb(var(--v-theme-surface-light));
+  padding: 6px 10px; border-radius: 4px;
+  font-size: 14px; word-break: break-all;
+}
+.fc-counts {
+  display: grid; grid-template-columns: max-content auto;
+  gap: 4px 12px;
+  font-size: 13px;
+  color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant));
+}
+.fc-counts-key { font-weight: 500; text-transform: capitalize; }
+.fc-counts-val { font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; }
+</style>

frontend/src/components/modal/ImageViewer.vue

@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
   <Teleport to="body">
     <div
       class="fc-viewer" role="dialog" aria-modal="true"
-      @keydown.esc="$emit('close')"
-      @keydown.left="onArrowLeft"
-      @keydown.right="onArrowRight"
       tabindex="-1" ref="rootEl"
     >
       <button class="fc-viewer__close" @click="$emit('close')" aria-label="Close">
@@ -68,7 +65,7 @@ import VideoCanvas from './VideoCanvas.vue'
 import TagPanel from './TagPanel.vue'
 import ProvenancePanel from './ProvenancePanel.vue'
 
-defineEmits(['close'])
+const emit = defineEmits(['close'])
 
 const modal = useModalStore()
 const rootEl = ref(null)
@@ -86,14 +83,39 @@ const integrityBadge = computed(() => {
 })
 
 let prevBodyOverflow = null
+
+// Document-level keyboard handler. Bound on document (not on the modal
+// root) because <video> elements capture focus when the user interacts
+// with their controls — when video has focus, Escape and arrow keys
+// don't bubble reliably to ancestors. Listening on document side-steps
+// that. Filtered via isTextEntry so tag/comment inputs still get their
+// own keystrokes.
+function onKeyDown(ev) {
+  if (ev.key === 'Escape') {
+    if (isTextEntry(ev.target)) return
+    ev.preventDefault()
+    emit('close')
+  } else if (ev.key === 'ArrowLeft') {
+    if (isTextEntry(ev.target)) return
+    ev.preventDefault()
+    modal.goPrev()
+  } else if (ev.key === 'ArrowRight') {
+    if (isTextEntry(ev.target)) return
+    ev.preventDefault()
+    modal.goNext()
+  }
+}
+
 onMounted(async () => {
   prevBodyOverflow = document.body.style.overflow
   document.body.style.overflow = 'hidden'
+  document.addEventListener('keydown', onKeyDown, true)
   await nextFrame()
   rootEl.value?.focus()
 })
 onUnmounted(() => {
   document.body.style.overflow = prevBodyOverflow
+  document.removeEventListener('keydown', onKeyDown, true)
 })
 
 watch(() => modal.currentImageId, async () => {
@@ -105,16 +127,6 @@ function nextFrame() {
   return new Promise(resolve => requestAnimationFrame(resolve))
 }
 
-function onArrowLeft(ev) {
-  if (isTextEntry(ev.target)) return
-  ev.preventDefault()
-  modal.goPrev()
-}
-function onArrowRight(ev) {
-  if (isTextEntry(ev.target)) return
-  ev.preventDefault()
-  modal.goNext()
-}
 function isTextEntry(el) {
   if (!el) return false
   const tag = el.tagName

frontend/src/components/modal/TagAutocomplete.vue

@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
 <template>
   <div class="fc-tag-autocomplete">
-    <div class="d-flex" style="gap: 6px;">
+    <v-text-field
-      <v-select
+      v-model="query"
-        v-model="kind" :items="kindOptions" :item-title="(k) => k.label" :item-value="(k) => k.value"
+      placeholder="Add tag (or kind:name — character/fandom/series)"
-        density="compact" hide-details style="max-width: 140px;"
+      density="compact" hide-details
-      />
+      @keydown.down.prevent="moveHighlight(1)"
-      <v-text-field
+      @keydown.up.prevent="moveHighlight(-1)"
-        v-model="query" placeholder="Add tag…" density="compact" hide-details
+      @keydown.enter.prevent="onEnter"
-        @keydown.down.prevent="moveHighlight(1)" @keydown.up.prevent="moveHighlight(-1)"
+      @keydown.esc="$emit('cancel')"
-        @keydown.enter.prevent="onEnter" @keydown.esc="$emit('cancel')"
+    />
-      />
+    <v-list
-    </div>
+      v-if="hits.length || allowCreate"
-    <v-list v-if="hits.length || allowCreate" density="compact" class="fc-tag-autocomplete__list">
+      density="compact" class="fc-tag-autocomplete__list"
+    >
       <v-list-item
         v-for="(h, idx) in hits" :key="h.id"
         :active="idx === highlight" @click="onPick(h)"
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@
           <span v-if="h.fandom_name" class="text-caption">— {{ h.fandom_name }}</span>
         </v-list-item-title>
         <template #append>
-          <span class="text-caption">{{ h.image_count }}</span>
+          <span class="text-caption">{{ h.kind }}</span>
         </template>
       </v-list-item>
       <v-list-item
@@ -34,9 +35,13 @@
         @click="onCreate"
       >
         <template #prepend>
-          <v-icon size="small" :color="store.colorFor(kind)">{{ iconFor(kind) }}</v-icon>
+          <v-icon size="small" :color="store.colorFor(parsedKind)">
+            {{ iconFor(parsedKind) }}
+          </v-icon>
         </template>
-        <v-list-item-title>Create "{{ query }}" as {{ kind }}</v-list-item-title>
+        <v-list-item-title>
+          Create "{{ parsedName }}" as {{ parsedKind }}
+        </v-list-item-title>
       </v-list-item>
     </v-list>
 
@@ -54,65 +59,95 @@ import FandomPicker from './FandomPicker.vue'
 const emit = defineEmits(['pick-existing', 'pick-new', 'cancel'])
 const store = useTagStore()
 
-const kind = ref('general')
+// Single text input; no kind dropdown. Client-side mirror of the
+// backend's parse_kind_prefix lives below — kept in sync with
+// KNOWN_KINDS in backend/app/utils/tag_prefix.py. The backend is the
+// canonical parser; this mirror just powers the live Create-label
+// preview ("Create 'Eric' as artist") and the autocomplete query.
 const query = ref('')
 const hits = ref([])
 const highlight = ref(0)
 const fandomDialog = ref(false)
 let pendingNewName = null
 
-const kindOptions = store.kindOptions()
+const KNOWN_KINDS = new Set([
+  'character', 'fandom', 'series',
+])
 const KIND_ICONS = {
-  general: 'mdi-tag', artist: 'mdi-palette', character: 'mdi-account-circle',
+  general: 'mdi-tag', character: 'mdi-account-circle',
   fandom: 'mdi-book-open-page-variant', series: 'mdi-bookshelf',
-  meta: 'mdi-cog-outline', rating: 'mdi-shield-check-outline'
 }
-function iconFor(k) { return KIND_ICONS[k] || 'mdi-tag' }
+function iconFor (k) { return KIND_ICONS[k] || 'mdi-tag' }
+
+const parsed = computed(() => {
+  const raw = query.value.trim()
+  if (raw.includes(':')) {
+    const idx = raw.indexOf(':')
+    const prefix = raw.slice(0, idx).toLowerCase()
+    if (KNOWN_KINDS.has(prefix)) {
+      return { kind: prefix, name: raw.slice(idx + 1).trim() }
+    }
+  }
+  return { kind: 'general', name: raw }
+})
+const parsedKind = computed(() => parsed.value.kind)
+const parsedName = computed(() => parsed.value.name)
 
 let debounceId = null
-watch([query, kind], () => {
+watch(query, () => {
   highlight.value = 0
   if (debounceId) clearTimeout(debounceId)
   debounceId = setTimeout(async () => {
-    const q = query.value.trim()
+    const q = parsedName.value
     if (!q) { hits.value = []; return }
-    hits.value = await store.autocomplete(q, kind.value, 10)
+    // Autocomplete across ALL kinds. When the user typed a prefix the
+    // matches list is naturally narrower because the parsed name is
+    // shorter; we don't filter server-side by kind.
+    hits.value = await store.autocomplete(q, null, 10)
   }, 200)
 })
 
 const allowCreate = computed(() => {
-  const q = query.value.trim()
+  const q = parsedName.value
-  return q && !hits.value.some(h => h.name.toLowerCase() === q.toLowerCase() && h.kind === kind.value)
+  if (!q) return false
+  return !hits.value.some(h =>
+    h.name.toLowerCase() === q.toLowerCase() && h.kind === parsedKind.value,
+  )
 })
 
-function moveHighlight(delta) {
+function moveHighlight (delta) {
   const total = hits.value.length + (allowCreate.value ? 1 : 0)
   if (total === 0) return
   highlight.value = (highlight.value + delta + total) % total
 }
 
-function onPick(hit) { emit('pick-existing', hit); reset() }
+function onPick (hit) { emit('pick-existing', hit); reset() }
 
-function onCreate() {
+function onCreate () {
-  const name = query.value.trim()
+  const name = parsedName.value
-  if (kind.value === 'character') {
+  const kind = parsedKind.value
-    // Character requires a fandom — open the picker.
+  if (kind === 'character') {
     pendingNewName = name
     fandomDialog.value = true
     return
   }
-  emit('pick-new', { name, kind: kind.value, fandom_id: null })
+  // Pass explicit kind here; the backend accepts both shapes. Passing
+  // it makes the parsed kind preview match the actual server outcome
+  // for users who didn't use a prefix (general goes through cleanly).
+  emit('pick-new', { name, kind, fandom_id: null })
   reset()
 }
 
-function onFandomChosen(fandom) {
+function onFandomChosen (fandom) {
   fandomDialog.value = false
-  emit('pick-new', { name: pendingNewName, kind: 'character', fandom_id: fandom.id })
+  emit('pick-new', {
+    name: pendingNewName, kind: 'character', fandom_id: fandom.id,
+  })
   pendingNewName = null
   reset()
 }
 
-function onEnter() {
+function onEnter () {
   if (highlight.value < hits.value.length) {
     onPick(hits.value[highlight.value])
   } else if (allowCreate.value) {
@@ -120,7 +155,7 @@ function onEnter() {
   }
 }
 
-function reset() { query.value = ''; hits.value = []; highlight.value = 0 }
+function reset () { query.value = ''; hits.value = []; highlight.value = 0 }
 </script>
 
 <style scoped>

frontend/src/components/posts/PostCard.vue

@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
 <template>
-  <v-card class="fc-post-card" variant="outlined">
+  <v-card
+    class="fc-post-card"
+    variant="outlined"
+    tabindex="0"
+    @click="onCardClick"
+    @keydown.enter="onCardClick"
+  >
     <div class="fc-post-card__head">
       <v-chip size="x-small" variant="tonal">{{ post.source.platform }}</v-chip>
       <RouterLink
         :to="{ name: 'artist', params: { slug: post.artist.slug } }"
         class="fc-post-card__artist"
+        @click.stop
       >{{ post.artist.name }}</RouterLink>
       <span class="fc-post-card__date" :title="absoluteDate">{{ relativeDate }}</span>
       <v-spacer />
@@ -13,72 +20,74 @@
         :href="post.post_url" target="_blank" rel="noopener"
         icon="mdi-open-in-new" size="x-small" variant="text"
         :aria-label="`open original post on ${post.source.platform}`"
+        @click.stop
       />
     </div>
 
-    <h3 v-if="post.post_title" class="fc-post-card__title">{{ post.post_title }}</h3>
+    <div class="fc-post-card__body">
+      <div class="fc-post-card__media">
+        <template v-if="post.thumbnails?.length">
+          <div class="fc-post-card__hero">
+            <img :src="hero.thumbnail_url" :alt="`hero thumbnail`" loading="lazy" />
+          </div>
+          <div v-if="rail.length" class="fc-post-card__rail">
+            <div v-for="t in rail" :key="t.image_id" class="fc-post-card__rail-cell">
+              <img :src="t.thumbnail_url" :alt="`thumbnail`" loading="lazy" />
+            </div>
+            <div v-if="moreCount > 0" class="fc-post-card__rail-more">
+              +{{ moreCount }}
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        </template>
+        <PostEmptyThumbs v-else />
+      </div>
 
-    <div v-if="descriptionToShow" class="fc-post-card__desc">
+      <div class="fc-post-card__text">
-      <span class="fc-post-card__desc-text">{{ descriptionToShow }}</span>
+        <h3 v-if="post.post_title" class="fc-post-card__title">
-      <button
+          {{ post.post_title }}
-        v-if="post.description_truncated && !expanded"
+        </h3>
-        class="fc-post-card__more" type="button"
+        <h3 v-else class="fc-post-card__title fc-post-card__title--missing">
-        @click="expand"
+          Post {{ post.external_post_id }}
-      >Show more</button>
+        </h3>
-      <button
-        v-if="expanded"
-        class="fc-post-card__more" type="button"
-        @click="expanded = false"
-      >Show less</button>
-    </div>
 
-    <div v-if="post.thumbnails.length" class="fc-post-card__thumbs">
+        <p v-if="post.description_plain" class="fc-post-card__desc">
-      <RouterLink
+          {{ post.description_plain }}
-        v-for="t in post.thumbnails"
+        </p>
-        :key="t.image_id"
+        <p v-else class="fc-post-card__desc fc-post-card__desc--missing">
-        :to="{ path: '/gallery', query: { post_id: post.id } }"
+          (no description)
-        class="fc-post-card__thumb"
+        </p>
-      >
-        <v-img
-          :src="t.thumbnail_url" cover :alt="`thumbnail`"
-          width="96" height="96" class="fc-post-card__thumb-img"
-        />
-      </RouterLink>
-      <RouterLink
-        v-if="post.thumbnails_more > 0"
-        :to="{ path: '/gallery', query: { post_id: post.id } }"
-        class="fc-post-card__more-thumbs"
-      >+{{ post.thumbnails_more }} more</RouterLink>
-    </div>
 
-    <div v-if="post.attachments.length" class="fc-post-card__attachments">
+        <div v-if="post.attachments?.length" class="fc-post-card__atts">
-      <a
+          <v-icon size="small" class="fc-post-card__att-icon">mdi-paperclip</v-icon>
-        v-for="att in post.attachments"
+          {{ post.attachments.length }} attachment{{ post.attachments.length === 1 ? '' : 's' }}
-        :key="att.id"
+        </div>
-        :href="att.download_url"
+      </div>
-        download
-        class="fc-post-card__att"
-      >
-        <v-icon size="small" class="fc-post-card__att-icon">mdi-paperclip</v-icon>
-        <span class="fc-post-card__att-name">{{ att.original_filename }}</span>
-        <span class="fc-post-card__att-size">({{ formatBytes(att.size_bytes) }})</span>
-      </a>
     </div>
   </v-card>
 </template>
 
 <script setup>
-import { computed, ref } from 'vue'
+import { computed } from 'vue'
-import { usePostsStore } from '../../stores/posts.js'
+import { RouterLink } from 'vue-router'
+
+import { usePostModalStore } from '../../stores/postModal.js'
+import PostEmptyThumbs from './PostEmptyThumbs.vue'
 
 const props = defineProps({
   post: { type: Object, required: true },
 })
 
-const postsStore = usePostsStore()
+const postModal = usePostModalStore()
 
-const expanded = ref(false)
+const hero = computed(() => props.post.thumbnails?.[0])
-const fullDescription = ref(null)
+const rail = computed(() => (props.post.thumbnails || []).slice(1, 4))
+const moreCount = computed(() => {
+  const more = props.post.thumbnails_more || 0
+  const railLen = rail.value.length
+  // If feed returned more than (1 hero + 3 rail = 4), extra spills into "+N".
+  const extraShown = Math.max(0, (props.post.thumbnails?.length || 0) - 1 - railLen)
+  return more + extraShown
+})
 
 const sortDateIso = computed(() => props.post.post_date || props.post.downloaded_at)
 const absoluteDate = computed(() => new Date(sortDateIso.value).toLocaleString())
@@ -92,25 +101,8 @@ const relativeDate = computed(() => {
   return new Date(sortDateIso.value).toLocaleDateString()
 })
 
-const descriptionToShow = computed(() => {
+function onCardClick () {
-  if (expanded.value && fullDescription.value) return fullDescription.value
+  postModal.open(props.post)
-  return props.post.description_plain
-})
-
-async function expand() {
-  if (!fullDescription.value) {
-    const detail = await postsStore.getPostFull(props.post.id)
-    fullDescription.value = detail?.description_full || props.post.description_plain
-  }
-  expanded.value = true
-}
-
-function formatBytes(n) {
-  if (!n) return '0 B'
-  if (n < 1024) return `${n} B`
-  if (n < 1024 * 1024) return `${(n / 1024).toFixed(1)} KB`
-  if (n < 1024 * 1024 * 1024) return `${(n / 1024 / 1024).toFixed(1)} MB`
-  return `${(n / 1024 / 1024 / 1024).toFixed(1)} GB`
 }
 </script>
 
@@ -118,13 +110,25 @@ function formatBytes(n) {
 .fc-post-card {
   padding: 1rem;
   margin-bottom: 1rem;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  container-type: inline-size;
+  transition: border-color 0.15s ease;
 }
+.fc-post-card:hover {
+  border-color: rgb(var(--v-theme-accent));
+}
+.fc-post-card:focus-visible {
+  outline: 2px solid rgb(var(--v-theme-accent));
+  outline-offset: 2px;
+}
+
 .fc-post-card__head {
   display: flex;
   align-items: center;
   gap: 0.6rem;
-  font-size: 0.85rem;
+  font-size: 0.8rem;
   color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant));
+  margin-bottom: 12px;
 }
 .fc-post-card__artist {
   color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface));
@@ -133,72 +137,118 @@ function formatBytes(n) {
 }
 .fc-post-card__artist:hover { color: rgb(var(--v-theme-accent)); }
 .fc-post-card__date { white-space: nowrap; }
-.fc-post-card__title {
+
-  font-size: 1.05rem;
+.fc-post-card__body {
-  margin: 0.6rem 0 0.4rem;
-}
-.fc-post-card__desc {
-  white-space: pre-wrap;
-  font-size: 0.92rem;
-  color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface));
-  margin-bottom: 0.6rem;
-}
-.fc-post-card__more {
-  background: none;
-  border: none;
-  color: rgb(var(--v-theme-accent));
-  cursor: pointer;
-  padding: 0 0.25rem;
-  font-size: inherit;
-}
-.fc-post-card__thumbs {
   display: flex;
-  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  flex-direction: column;
-  gap: 0.4rem;
+  gap: 16px;
-  align-items: center;
-  margin: 0.5rem 0;
 }
-.fc-post-card__thumb { line-height: 0; }
+@container (min-width: 800px) {
-.fc-post-card__thumb-img {
+  .fc-post-card__body {
-  border-radius: 4px;
+    flex-direction: row;
+    gap: 24px;
+  }
+  .fc-post-card__media {
+    flex: 0 0 50%;
+  }
+  .fc-post-card__text {
+    flex: 1 1 0;
+    min-width: 0;
+  }
+}
+
+.fc-post-card__hero {
+  width: 100%;
+  aspect-ratio: 16 / 10;
   overflow: hidden;
+  border-radius: 6px;
 }
-.fc-post-card__more-thumbs {
+.fc-post-card__hero img {
-  display: inline-flex;
+  width: 100%;
+  height: 100%;
+  object-fit: cover;
+  display: block;
+}
+
+.fc-post-card__rail {
+  display: flex;
+  gap: 6px;
+  margin-top: 6px;
+}
+.fc-post-card__rail-cell {
+  width: 80px;
+  height: 80px;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  border-radius: 4px;
+}
+.fc-post-card__rail-cell img {
+  width: 100%;
+  height: 100%;
+  object-fit: cover;
+  display: block;
+}
+.fc-post-card__rail-more {
+  width: 80px;
+  height: 80px;
+  display: flex;
   align-items: center;
   justify-content: center;
-  width: 96px;
-  height: 96px;
   border: 1px dashed rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant));
   border-radius: 4px;
   color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant));
-  text-decoration: none;
   font-size: 0.85rem;
 }
-.fc-post-card__more-thumbs:hover {
+
-  color: rgb(var(--v-theme-accent));
+.fc-post-card__title {
-  border-color: rgb(var(--v-theme-accent));
+  font-family: 'Fraunces', Georgia, serif;
+  font-size: 18px;
+  font-weight: 500;
+  margin: 0 0 8px 0;
+  color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface));
+  display: -webkit-box;
+  -webkit-line-clamp: 2;
+  -webkit-box-orient: vertical;
+  overflow: hidden;
 }
-.fc-post-card__attachments {
+.fc-post-card__title--missing {
-  display: flex;
+  font-style: italic;
-  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant));
-  gap: 0.4rem;
-  margin-top: 0.6rem;
 }
-.fc-post-card__att {
+@container (min-width: 800px) {
+  .fc-post-card__title {
+    font-size: 20px;
+    -webkit-line-clamp: 1;
+    white-space: nowrap;
+    text-overflow: ellipsis;
+  }
+}
+
+.fc-post-card__desc {
+  font-size: 0.9rem;
+  line-height: 1.5;
+  color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface));
+  margin: 0 0 12px 0;
+  display: -webkit-box;
+  -webkit-line-clamp: 3;
+  -webkit-box-orient: vertical;
+  overflow: hidden;
+}
+.fc-post-card__desc--missing {
+  font-style: italic;
+  color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant));
+}
+@container (min-width: 800px) {
+  .fc-post-card__desc {
+    -webkit-line-clamp: 5;
+  }
+}
+
+.fc-post-card__atts {
   display: inline-flex;
   align-items: center;
-  gap: 0.35rem;
+  gap: 6px;
-  padding: 0.2rem 0.5rem;
+  font-size: 0.85rem;
-  border: 1px solid rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant));
+  color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant));
-  border-radius: 999px;
-  color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface));
-  text-decoration: none;
-  font-size: 0.82rem;
 }
-.fc-post-card__att:hover {
+.fc-post-card__att-icon { color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant)); }
-  color: rgb(var(--v-theme-accent));
-  border-color: rgb(var(--v-theme-accent));
-}
-.fc-post-card__att-size { color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant)); }
 </style>

frontend/src/components/posts/PostEmptyThumbs.vue

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<template>
+  <div class="fc-post-empty">
+    <v-icon size="48" class="fc-post-empty__icon">mdi-image-off-outline</v-icon>
+    <div class="fc-post-empty__text">No images attached to this post</div>
+  </div>
+</template>
+
+<script setup>
+// No props — pure presentational placeholder.
+</script>
+
+<style scoped>
+.fc-post-empty {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+  gap: 12px;
+  padding: 32px 16px;
+  border: 1px dashed rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant));
+  border-radius: 8px;
+  background: rgba(20, 23, 26, 0.3);
+  width: 100%;
+  height: 100%;
+  min-height: 200px;
+}
+.fc-post-empty__icon {
+  color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant));
+  opacity: 0.6;
+}
+.fc-post-empty__text {
+  color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant));
+  font-size: 0.9rem;
+}
+</style>

frontend/src/components/posts/PostImageGrid.vue

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+<template>
+  <div class="fc-post-grid">
+    <button
+      v-for="(t, idx) in thumbnails"
+      :key="t.image_id"
+      type="button"
+      class="fc-post-grid__cell"
+      :aria-label="`Open image ${idx + 1} of ${thumbnails.length}`"
+      @click="openImage(t.image_id, idx)"
+    >
+      <img
+        :src="t.thumbnail_url"
+        :alt="`thumbnail ${idx + 1}`"
+        loading="lazy"
+      />
+    </button>
+  </div>
+</template>
+
+<script setup>
+import { computed } from 'vue'
+import { useModalStore } from '../../stores/modal.js'
+
+const props = defineProps({
+  thumbnails: { type: Array, required: true },  // [{ image_id, thumbnail_url, ... }]
+})
+
+const modal = useModalStore()
+
+const imageIds = computed(() => props.thumbnails.map(t => t.image_id))
+
+function openImage (id, idx) {
+  modal.open(id, { postImageIds: imageIds.value, initialIndex: idx })
+}
+</script>
+
+<style scoped>
+.fc-post-grid {
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fill, minmax(220px, 1fr));
+  gap: 6px;
+}
+.fc-post-grid__cell {
+  aspect-ratio: 4 / 3;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  border-radius: 4px;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  border: 0;
+  padding: 0;
+  background: rgb(var(--v-theme-background));
+  transition: transform 0.15s ease, box-shadow 0.15s ease;
+}
+.fc-post-grid__cell:hover {
+  transform: scale(1.02);
+  box-shadow: 0 0 0 2px rgb(var(--v-theme-accent));
+}
+.fc-post-grid__cell img {
+  width: 100%;
+  height: 100%;
+  object-fit: cover;
+  display: block;
+}
+</style>

frontend/src/components/posts/PostModal.vue

@@ -0,0 +1,211 @@
+<template>
+  <v-dialog
+    :model-value="store.isOpen"
+    max-width="1100"
+    scrollable
+    @update:model-value="(v) => { if (!v) close() }"
+  >
+    <v-card v-if="store.currentPost" class="fc-post-modal">
+      <div class="fc-post-modal__head">
+        <v-chip size="x-small" variant="tonal">{{ post.source.platform }}</v-chip>
+        <RouterLink
+          :to="{ name: 'artist', params: { slug: post.artist.slug } }"
+          class="fc-post-modal__artist"
+          @click="close"
+        >{{ post.artist.name }}</RouterLink>
+        <span class="fc-post-modal__date" :title="absoluteDate">
+          {{ relativeDate }}
+        </span>
+        <span v-if="post.thumbnails?.length" class="fc-post-modal__meta">
+          · {{ post.thumbnails.length }} image{{ post.thumbnails.length === 1 ? '' : 's' }}
+        </span>
+        <span v-if="post.attachments?.length" class="fc-post-modal__meta">
+          · {{ post.attachments.length }} attachment{{ post.attachments.length === 1 ? '' : 's' }}
+        </span>
+        <v-spacer />
+        <v-btn
+          v-if="post.post_url"
+          :href="post.post_url" target="_blank" rel="noopener"
+          icon="mdi-open-in-new" size="small" variant="text"
+          :aria-label="`open original post on ${post.source.platform}`"
+        />
+        <v-btn
+          icon="mdi-close" size="small" variant="text"
+          aria-label="Close"
+          @click="close"
+        />
+      </div>
+
+      <v-card-text class="fc-post-modal__body">
+        <section v-if="post.thumbnails?.length" class="fc-post-modal__sec">
+          <PostImageGrid :thumbnails="post.thumbnails" />
+          <div v-if="!store.detailLoaded" class="fc-post-modal__loading-hint">
+            Loading full image list…
+          </div>
+        </section>
+
+        <section v-if="post.post_title" class="fc-post-modal__sec">
+          <h2 class="fc-post-modal__title">{{ post.post_title }}</h2>
+        </section>
+
+        <section v-if="descriptionHtml" class="fc-post-modal__sec">
+          <div class="fc-post-modal__desc" v-html="descriptionHtml" />
+        </section>
+
+        <section v-if="post.attachments?.length" class="fc-post-modal__sec">
+          <h3 class="fc-post-modal__h3">Attachments</h3>
+          <div class="fc-post-modal__atts">
+            <a
+              v-for="att in post.attachments" :key="att.id"
+              :href="att.download_url" download
+              class="fc-post-modal__att"
+            >
+              <v-icon size="small" class="fc-post-modal__att-icon">mdi-paperclip</v-icon>
+              <span class="fc-post-modal__att-name">{{ att.original_filename }}</span>
+              <span class="fc-post-modal__att-size">({{ formatBytes(att.size_bytes) }})</span>
+            </a>
+          </div>
+        </section>
+      </v-card-text>
+    </v-card>
+  </v-dialog>
+</template>
+
+<script setup>
+import { computed } from 'vue'
+import { RouterLink } from 'vue-router'
+
+import { usePostModalStore } from '../../stores/postModal.js'
+import { sanitizeHtml } from '../../utils/htmlSanitize.js'
+import PostImageGrid from './PostImageGrid.vue'
+
+const store = usePostModalStore()
+const post = computed(() => store.currentPost || {})
+
+const sortDateIso = computed(() => post.value.post_date || post.value.downloaded_at)
+const absoluteDate = computed(() => sortDateIso.value
+  ? new Date(sortDateIso.value).toLocaleString()
+  : '')
+const relativeDate = computed(() => {
+  if (!sortDateIso.value) return ''
+  const then = new Date(sortDateIso.value).getTime()
+  const diff = (Date.now() - then) / 1000
+  if (diff < 60) return `${Math.floor(diff)}s ago`
+  if (diff < 3600) return `${Math.floor(diff / 60)}m ago`
+  if (diff < 86400) return `${Math.floor(diff / 3600)}h ago`
+  if (diff < 86400 * 30) return `${Math.floor(diff / 86400)}d ago`
+  return new Date(sortDateIso.value).toLocaleDateString()
+})
+
+const descriptionHtml = computed(() => {
+  // Detail endpoint returns description_full as plain text (the
+  // existing service uses html_to_plain on the stored description).
+  // Render the plain text in <p> wrappers; the sanitizer below is
+  // defensive for the case where the backend ever switches to raw HTML.
+  const raw = post.value.description_full || post.value.description_plain
+  if (!raw) return ''
+  if (/[<>]/.test(raw)) return sanitizeHtml(raw)
+  const esc = raw
+    .replace(/&/g, '&amp;')
+    .replace(/</g, '&lt;')
+    .replace(/>/g, '&gt;')
+  return esc
+    .split(/\n\s*\n/)
+    .map(p => `<p>${p.replace(/\n/g, '<br>')}</p>`)
+    .join('')
+})
+
+function close () {
+  store.close()
+}
+
+function formatBytes (n) {
+  if (!n) return '0 B'
+  if (n < 1024) return `${n} B`
+  if (n < 1024 * 1024) return `${(n / 1024).toFixed(1)} KB`
+  if (n < 1024 * 1024 * 1024) return `${(n / 1024 / 1024).toFixed(1)} MB`
+  return `${(n / 1024 / 1024 / 1024).toFixed(1)} GB`
+}
+</script>
+
+<style scoped>
+.fc-post-modal {
+  background: rgb(var(--v-theme-surface));
+  max-height: 90vh;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+}
+.fc-post-modal__head {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 10px;
+  padding: 12px 16px;
+  font-size: 0.85rem;
+  color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant));
+  border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant) / 0.15);
+}
+.fc-post-modal__artist {
+  color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface));
+  text-decoration: none;
+  font-weight: 600;
+}
+.fc-post-modal__artist:hover { color: rgb(var(--v-theme-accent)); }
+.fc-post-modal__date { white-space: nowrap; }
+.fc-post-modal__meta { white-space: nowrap; }
+.fc-post-modal__body {
+  padding: 16px;
+  overflow-y: auto;
+  flex: 1 1 auto;
+}
+.fc-post-modal__sec {
+  margin-bottom: 24px;
+}
+.fc-post-modal__sec:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }
+.fc-post-modal__title {
+  font-family: 'Fraunces', Georgia, serif;
+  font-size: 24px;
+  font-weight: 500;
+  margin: 0;
+  color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface));
+}
+.fc-post-modal__h3 {
+  font-family: 'Fraunces', Georgia, serif;
+  font-size: 16px;
+  font-weight: 500;
+  margin: 0 0 8px 0;
+  color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface));
+}
+.fc-post-modal__desc {
+  font-size: 0.95rem;
+  line-height: 1.55;
+  color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface));
+}
+.fc-post-modal__desc :deep(p) { margin: 0 0 12px 0; }
+.fc-post-modal__desc :deep(a) { color: rgb(var(--v-theme-accent)); }
+.fc-post-modal__loading-hint {
+  margin-top: 8px;
+  font-size: 0.8rem;
+  color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant));
+}
+.fc-post-modal__atts {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  gap: 8px;
+}
+.fc-post-modal__att {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 6px;
+  padding: 6px 12px;
+  border: 1px solid rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant));
+  border-radius: 999px;
+  color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface));
+  text-decoration: none;
+  font-size: 0.85rem;
+}
+.fc-post-modal__att:hover {
+  color: rgb(var(--v-theme-accent));
+  border-color: rgb(var(--v-theme-accent));
+}
+.fc-post-modal__att-size { color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant)); }
+</style>

frontend/src/components/settings/BackupCard.vue

@@ -0,0 +1,205 @@
+<template>
+  <v-card class="fc-backup-card">
+    <v-card-title class="d-flex align-center" style="gap: 10px;">
+      <v-icon icon="mdi-database-export" size="small" />
+      <span>Backups</span>
+    </v-card-title>
+    <v-card-text>
+      <p class="fc-muted text-body-2 mb-4">
+        pg_dump for the database (fast, nightly-schedulable);
+        tar+zstd for the images (slow, manual only). Files live in
+        <code>/images/_backups/</code>. Tag a backup to protect it
+        from autoprune.
+      </p>
+
+      <v-alert
+        v-if="store.lastError"
+        type="warning" variant="tonal" density="compact" class="mb-3"
+      >
+        {{ store.lastError }}
+      </v-alert>
+
+      <!-- Database section -->
+      <h3 class="fc-section-title">Database</h3>
+      <div class="fc-settings-row mb-3">
+        <v-switch
+          :model-value="settings.backup_db_nightly_enabled"
+          color="accent" density="compact" hide-details
+          label="Nightly"
+          @update:model-value="onSettingChange('backup_db_nightly_enabled', $event)"
+        />
+        <v-text-field
+          :model-value="settings.backup_db_nightly_hour_utc"
+          label="Hour (UTC)" type="number" min="0" max="23"
+          density="compact" hide-details style="max-width: 110px;"
+          @update:model-value="onSettingChange('backup_db_nightly_hour_utc', Number($event))"
+        />
+        <v-text-field
+          :model-value="settings.backup_db_keep_last_n"
+          label="Keep last" type="number" min="1" max="365"
+          density="compact" hide-details style="max-width: 110px;"
+          @update:model-value="onSettingChange('backup_db_keep_last_n', Number($event))"
+        />
+      </div>
+      <v-btn
+        color="accent" variant="flat" rounded="pill"
+        prepend-icon="mdi-database-arrow-up" class="mb-3"
+        :loading="dbTriggering"
+        @click="onTrigger('db')"
+      >Run DB backup now</v-btn>
+
+      <BackupRunsTable
+        :runs="store.dbRuns"
+        @restore="onRestore"
+        @delete="onDelete"
+        @tag="onTag"
+      />
+
+      <v-divider class="my-4" />
+
+      <!-- Images section -->
+      <h3 class="fc-section-title">Images</h3>
+      <div class="fc-settings-row mb-3">
+        <v-text-field
+          :model-value="settings.backup_images_keep_last_n"
+          label="Keep last" type="number" min="1" max="100"
+          density="compact" hide-details style="max-width: 110px;"
+          @update:model-value="onSettingChange('backup_images_keep_last_n', Number($event))"
+        />
+      </div>
+      <v-btn
+        color="accent" variant="flat" rounded="pill"
+        prepend-icon="mdi-folder-zip" class="mb-3"
+        :loading="imagesTriggering"
+        @click="onTrigger('images')"
+      >Run images backup now</v-btn>
+      <span class="text-caption fc-muted ml-2">
+        ⓘ Hours for a 200GB+ library.
+      </span>
+
+      <BackupRunsTable
+        :runs="store.imagesRuns"
+        @restore="onRestore"
+        @delete="onDelete"
+        @tag="onTag"
+      />
+    </v-card-text>
+
+    <BackupConfirmModal
+      v-model="confirmOpen"
+      :action="confirmAction"
+      :kind="confirmKind"
+      :run-id="confirmRunId"
+      :description="confirmDescription"
+      @confirm="onConfirmSubmit"
+    />
+  </v-card>
+</template>
+
+<script setup>
+import { computed, onMounted, onUnmounted, ref } from 'vue'
+
+import { useBackupStore } from '../../stores/backup.js'
+import BackupConfirmModal from '../modal/DestructiveConfirmModal.vue'
+import BackupRunsTable from './BackupRunsTable.vue'
+
+const store = useBackupStore()
+
+const settings = computed(() => store.settings || {
+  backup_db_nightly_enabled: false,
+  backup_db_nightly_hour_utc: 3,
+  backup_db_keep_last_n: 14,
+  backup_images_keep_last_n: 3,
+})
+
+const dbTriggering = ref(false)
+const imagesTriggering = ref(false)
+const confirmOpen = ref(false)
+const confirmAction = ref('restore')
+const confirmKind = ref('db')
+const confirmRunId = ref(0)
+const confirmDescription = ref('')
+
+let pollId = null
+function pollOnce() {
+  if (document.hidden) return
+  store.loadRuns('db')
+  store.loadRuns('images')
+}
+
+onMounted(() => {
+  store.loadSettings()
+  pollOnce()
+  pollId = setInterval(pollOnce, 5000)
+})
+onUnmounted(() => {
+  if (pollId) { clearInterval(pollId); pollId = null }
+})
+
+async function onTrigger(kind) {
+  const triggeringRef = kind === 'db' ? dbTriggering : imagesTriggering
+  triggeringRef.value = true
+  try {
+    await store.triggerBackup(kind)
+    pollOnce()
+  } finally {
+    triggeringRef.value = false
+  }
+}
+
+async function onSettingChange(field, value) {
+  await store.patchSettings({ [field]: value })
+}
+
+function _openConfirm(action, run) {
+  confirmAction.value = action
+  confirmKind.value = run.kind
+  confirmRunId.value = run.id
+  confirmDescription.value = (
+    action === 'restore'
+      ? `Source artifact: ${run.kind === 'db' ? run.sql_path : run.tar_path}`
+      : 'Removes the BackupRun row and unlinks the artifact files.'
+  )
+  confirmOpen.value = true
+}
+
+function onRestore(run) { _openConfirm('restore', run) }
+function onDelete(run) { _openConfirm('delete', run) }
+
+async function onTag(run) {
+  const next = prompt(
+    `Tag for backup #${run.id} (blank to clear):`,
+    run.tag || '',
+  )
+  if (next === null) return
+  await store.setTag(run.id, next.trim() || null)
+  pollOnce()
+}
+
+async function onConfirmSubmit(token) {
+  try {
+    if (confirmAction.value === 'restore') {
+      await store.restore(confirmRunId.value, token)
+    } else {
+      await store.deleteRun(confirmRunId.value, token)
+    }
+    pollOnce()
+  } catch {
+    // store.lastError already updated; surfaced in v-alert above.
+  }
+}
+</script>
+
+<style scoped>
+.fc-backup-card { border-radius: 8px; }
+.fc-muted { color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant)); }
+.fc-section-title {
+  font-family: 'Fraunces', Georgia, serif;
+  font-size: 16px; font-weight: 500;
+  color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface));
+  margin-bottom: 8px;
+}
+.fc-settings-row {
+  display: flex; gap: 12px; align-items: center; flex-wrap: wrap;
+}
+</style>

frontend/src/components/settings/BackupRunsTable.vue

@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+<template>
+  <v-table density="compact" class="fc-backup-table">
+    <thead>
+      <tr>
+        <th>When</th>
+        <th>Status</th>
+        <th class="text-right">Duration</th>
+        <th class="text-right">Size</th>
+        <th>Tag</th>
+        <th class="text-right">Actions</th>
+      </tr>
+    </thead>
+    <tbody>
+      <tr v-for="r in runs" :key="r.id">
+        <td class="fc-tabular" :title="r.started_at">
+          {{ formatRelative(r.started_at) }}
+        </td>
+        <td>
+          <v-icon size="small" :color="statusColor(r.status)">
+            {{ statusIcon(r.status) }}
+          </v-icon>
+          {{ r.status }}
+        </td>
+        <td class="text-right fc-tabular">{{ formatDuration(r) }}</td>
+        <td class="text-right fc-tabular">{{ formatBytes(r.size_bytes) }}</td>
+        <td>
+          <v-chip
+            v-if="r.tag" size="x-small" color="accent" variant="tonal"
+          >{{ r.tag }}</v-chip>
+          <span v-else class="fc-muted">—</span>
+        </td>
+        <td class="text-right">
+          <v-menu>
+            <template #activator="{ props: act }">
+              <v-btn icon="mdi-dots-vertical" size="x-small" variant="text" v-bind="act" />
+            </template>
+            <v-list density="compact">
+              <v-list-item
+                :title="r.tag ? 'Untag' : 'Tag…'"
+                @click="$emit('tag', r)"
+              />
+              <v-list-item
+                title="Restore…" :disabled="r.status !== 'ok'"
+                @click="$emit('restore', r)"
+              />
+              <v-list-item
+                title="Delete…"
+                @click="$emit('delete', r)"
+              />
+            </v-list>
+          </v-menu>
+        </td>
+      </tr>
+      <tr v-if="!runs.length">
+        <td colspan="6" class="text-center fc-muted py-4">No backups yet.</td>
+      </tr>
+    </tbody>
+  </v-table>
+</template>
+
+<script setup>
+defineProps({ runs: { type: Array, default: () => [] } })
+defineEmits(['restore', 'delete', 'tag'])
+
+function statusIcon(s) {
+  return {
+    ok: 'mdi-check-circle', error: 'mdi-close-circle',
+    running: 'mdi-timer-sand', restoring: 'mdi-restore-clock',
+    restored: 'mdi-restore', pending: 'mdi-clock-outline',
+  }[s] || 'mdi-help-circle'
+}
+function statusColor(s) {
+  return {
+    ok: 'success', error: 'error',
+    running: 'accent', restoring: 'info',
+    restored: 'info', pending: 'on-surface-variant',
+  }[s] || 'on-surface-variant'
+}
+function formatDuration(r) {
+  if (r.duration_seconds == null) return '—'
+  const s = r.duration_seconds
+  if (s < 60) return `${s}s`
+  if (s < 3600) return `${Math.floor(s / 60)}m ${s % 60}s`
+  const h = Math.floor(s / 3600); const m = Math.floor((s % 3600) / 60)
+  return `${h}h ${m}m`
+}
+function formatBytes(b) {
+  if (b == null) return '—'
+  const units = ['B', 'KiB', 'MiB', 'GiB', 'TiB']
+  let i = 0; let v = b
+  while (v >= 1024 && i < units.length - 1) { v /= 1024; i++ }
+  return `${v.toFixed(i === 0 ? 0 : 1)} ${units[i]}`
+}
+function formatRelative(iso) {
+  if (!iso) return '—'
+  const then = new Date(iso).getTime()
+  const diff = Math.max(0, (Date.now() - then) / 1000)
+  if (diff < 60) return `${Math.floor(diff)}s ago`
+  if (diff < 3600) return `${Math.floor(diff / 60)}m ago`
+  if (diff < 86400) return `${Math.floor(diff / 3600)}h ago`
+  return `${Math.floor(diff / 86400)}d ago`
+}
+</script>
+
+<style scoped>
+.fc-backup-table { background: transparent; }
+.fc-tabular { font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; }
+.fc-muted { color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant)); }
+</style>

frontend/src/components/settings/BrowserExtensionCard.vue

@@ -34,11 +34,18 @@
 
       <template v-else-if="manifest?.installed">
         <div class="fc-ext-install mt-3">
+          <!-- Install button: direct :href anchor click (no programmatic
+               window.location.assign). Firefox's XPI-install gesture
+               requires a user-clicked anchor pointing at an
+               application/x-xpinstall response; programmatic navigation
+               sometimes triggered nothing instead of the install dialog
+               (operator-flagged 2026-05-26). No `download` attribute —
+               that would force a save dialog instead of install. -->
           <v-btn
             v-if="isFirefox"
             color="accent" variant="flat" rounded="pill"
             prepend-icon="mdi-firefox"
-            @click="installXpi"
+            :href="manifest.latest_url"
           >Install Firefox extension</v-btn>
 
           <v-btn
@@ -103,6 +110,7 @@
 <script setup>
 import { computed, onMounted, ref } from 'vue'
 import { useApi } from '../../composables/useApi.js'
+import { copyText } from '../../utils/clipboard.js'
 
 const api = useApi()
 
@@ -146,11 +154,6 @@ async function loadKey() {
   }
 }
 
-function installXpi() {
-  if (!manifest.value?.latest_url) return
-  window.location.assign(manifest.value.latest_url)
-}
-
 async function rotateKey() {
   rotating.value = true
   try {
@@ -170,7 +173,7 @@ async function rotateKey() {
 
 async function copy(text, label) {
   try {
-    await navigator.clipboard.writeText(text)
+    await copyText(text)
     window.__fcToast?.({ text: `${label} copied.`, type: 'success' })
   } catch (e) {
     window.__fcToast?.({ text: `Copy failed: ${e.message}`, type: 'error' })

frontend/src/components/settings/ImportTaskList.vue

@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@
       >
         Retry failed
       </v-btn>
+      <v-btn
+        variant="text" rounded="pill" size="small" color="warning"
+        :disabled="!hasStuck" @click="onClearStuckOpen"
+      >
+        Clear stuck…
+      </v-btn>
       <v-btn
         variant="text" rounded="pill" size="small" color="error"
         @click="onClearOpen"
@@ -39,9 +45,11 @@
       <template #item.size_bytes="{ item }">{{ formatBytes(item.size_bytes) }}</template>
       <template #item.created_at="{ item }">{{ formatDate(item.created_at) }}</template>
       <template #item.error="{ item }">
-        <span v-if="item.error" :title="item.error" class="text-caption">
+        <button
-          {{ shorten(item.error, 60) }}
+          v-if="item.error" type="button" class="fc-err-link text-caption"
-        </span>
+          @click="openError(`Task ${item.id} failed`, item.error)"
+          title="Click for full error"
+        >{{ shorten(item.error, 60) }}</button>
       </template>
     </v-data-table-virtual>
     <div v-if="store.hasMore" class="d-flex justify-center py-3">
@@ -69,17 +77,62 @@
         </v-card-actions>
       </v-card>
     </v-dialog>
+
+    <v-dialog v-model="clearStuckDialog" max-width="480">
+      <v-card>
+        <v-card-title>Clear stuck tasks</v-card-title>
+        <v-card-text>
+          <v-alert type="warning" variant="tonal" density="compact" class="mb-3">
+            Force every <strong>pending / queued / processing</strong> task to
+            <strong>failed</strong> and finalize any active batch that
+            has no remaining work. Use this when the automatic recovery
+            sweep keeps re-queueing the same row (e.g., corrupt file in
+            an autoretry loop, or worker model missing).
+          </v-alert>
+          <p class="text-body-2">
+            Tasks remain in the database with status=<code>failed</code>;
+            click <em>Retry failed</em> once the underlying cause is
+            resolved to re-queue them.
+          </p>
+        </v-card-text>
+        <v-card-actions>
+          <v-spacer />
+          <v-btn @click="clearStuckDialog = false">Cancel</v-btn>
+          <v-btn color="warning" rounded="pill" @click="onClearStuckConfirm">Clear stuck</v-btn>
+        </v-card-actions>
+      </v-card>
+    </v-dialog>
+
+    <ErrorDetailModal
+      v-model="showErrorModal"
+      :title="errorModalTitle"
+      :message="errorModalMessage"
+    />
   </v-card>
 </template>
 
 <script setup>
 import { computed, ref } from 'vue'
 import { useImportStore } from '../../stores/import.js'
+import ErrorDetailModal from '../common/ErrorDetailModal.vue'
 
 const store = useImportStore()
 const statusFilter = ref(null)
 const clearDialog = ref(false)
+// Click-to-open modal for full error text (operator-flagged 2026-05-26
+// — the prior :title="..." tooltip cramped multi-line SQLAlchemy
+// tracebacks into an unusable popup with no copy-paste affordance).
+const showErrorModal = ref(false)
+const errorModalTitle = ref('')
+const errorModalMessage = ref('')
+
+function openError(title, message) {
+  errorModalTitle.value = title
+  errorModalMessage.value = message || ''
+  showErrorModal.value = true
+}
 const clearAgeDays = ref(7)
+const clearStuckDialog = ref(false)
 
 const statusOptions = [
   { title: 'All', value: null },
@@ -100,6 +153,9 @@ const headers = [
 ]
 
 const hasFailed = computed(() => store.tasks.some(t => t.status === 'failed'))
+const hasStuck = computed(() => store.tasks.some(
+  t => t.status === 'pending' || t.status === 'queued' || t.status === 'processing'
+))
 
 function statusColor(s) {
   return {
@@ -138,4 +194,27 @@ async function onClearConfirm() {
   await store.clearCompleted(clearAgeDays.value)
   clearDialog.value = false
 }
+function onClearStuckOpen() { clearStuckDialog.value = true }
+async function onClearStuckConfirm() {
+  await store.clearStuck()
+  clearStuckDialog.value = false
+}
 </script>
+
+<style scoped>
+.fc-err-link {
+  /* Truncated error preview as a clickable button — opens
+     ErrorDetailModal with the full text. Inherits the row's font
+     sizing so it doesn't visually drift from the prior tooltip-bearing
+     span. */
+  color: rgb(var(--v-theme-error, 220 80 80));
+  background: transparent;
+  border: 0;
+  padding: 0;
+  font: inherit;
+  text-align: left;
+  text-decoration: underline dotted;
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+.fc-err-link:hover { text-decoration: underline; }
+</style>

frontend/src/components/settings/ImportTriggerPanel.vue

@@ -2,31 +2,71 @@
   <v-card>
     <v-card-title>Trigger scan</v-card-title>
     <v-card-text>
-      <div v-if="store.activeBatch" class="d-flex align-center" style="gap: 12px;">
+      <div v-if="store.activeBatch" class="d-flex align-center mb-3" style="gap: 12px;">
         <v-progress-circular
           indeterminate color="accent" size="20"
         />
         <span>
-          Scanning {{ store.activeBatch.source_path }} —
+          {{ store.activeBatch.scan_mode === 'deep' ? 'Deep scanning' : 'Scanning' }}
+          {{ store.activeBatch.source_path || '/import' }} —
           imported {{ store.activeBatch.imported }},
+          <template v-if="store.activeBatch.scan_mode === 'deep'">
+            refreshed {{ store.activeBatch.refreshed || 0 }},
+          </template>
           skipped {{ store.activeBatch.skipped }},
           failed {{ store.activeBatch.failed }} /
           {{ store.activeBatch.total_files }} files
         </span>
+        <v-spacer />
+        <v-btn
+          variant="text" rounded="pill" size="small" color="warning"
+          :loading="clearing" @click="onClearStuck"
+        >
+          Clear stuck
+        </v-btn>
       </div>
-      <div v-else>
+
-        <p class="text-body-2 mb-3">
+      <p class="text-body-2 mb-3">
-          Run a quick scan of the import directory. Deep scan (pHash dedup,
+        <span v-if="!store.activeBatch">
-          archives) lands in FC-2d.
+          <strong>Quick scan</strong> walks <code>/import</code> and enqueues
-        </p>
+          new files only.
-        <v-btn color="primary" rounded="pill" @click="trigger" :loading="busy">
+          <strong>Deep scan</strong> additionally re-walks already-imported
+          files so updated sidecar metadata (post title/date/attribution) and
+          previously-NULL phashes / artist links get refreshed. Use after
+          bulk-downloading fresh sidecars for existing content. Both modes
+          route non-media + sidecar pairs through PostAttachment capture.
+        </span>
+        <span v-else>
+          An active batch is in progress. Wait for it to finish, or click
+          <em>Clear stuck</em> above if it has been wedged with no
+          measurable progress.
+        </span>
+      </p>
+
+      <div class="d-flex flex-wrap" style="gap: 12px;">
+        <v-btn
+          color="primary" rounded="pill"
+          :disabled="!!store.activeBatch"
+          :loading="busy === 'quick'"
+          @click="trigger('quick')"
+        >
           <v-icon start>mdi-magnify-scan</v-icon>
           Quick scan
         </v-btn>
-        <v-alert v-if="store.triggerError" type="error" variant="tonal" class="mt-3" closable>
+        <v-btn
-          {{ store.triggerError }}
+          color="secondary" rounded="pill" variant="tonal"
-        </v-alert>
+          :disabled="!!store.activeBatch"
+          :loading="busy === 'deep'"
+          @click="trigger('deep')"
+        >
+          <v-icon start>mdi-magnify-plus-outline</v-icon>
+          Deep scan
+        </v-btn>
       </div>
+
+      <v-alert v-if="store.triggerError" type="error" variant="tonal" class="mt-3" closable>
+        {{ store.triggerError }}
+      </v-alert>
     </v-card-text>
   </v-card>
 </template>
@@ -36,10 +76,22 @@ import { ref } from 'vue'
 import { useImportStore } from '../../stores/import.js'
 
 const store = useImportStore()
-const busy = ref(false)
+const busy = ref(null)
+const clearing = ref(false)
 
-async function trigger() {
+async function trigger(mode) {
-  busy.value = true
+  busy.value = mode
-  try { await store.triggerScan() } catch {} finally { busy.value = false }
+  try { await store.triggerScan(mode) } catch {} finally { busy.value = null }
+}
+
+async function onClearStuck() {
+  clearing.value = true
+  try {
+    await store.clearStuck()
+  } catch {
+    // store surfaces error via triggerError if needed
+  } finally {
+    clearing.value = false
+  }
 }
 </script>

frontend/src/components/settings/MaintenancePanel.vue

@@ -1,18 +1,23 @@
 <template>
   <div class="fc-maint">
     <p class="text-body-2 mb-4">
-      Machine-assisted tagging controls. Backfill and centroid recompute run
+      Operational backfills and tagging controls. The ML backfill and centroid
-      nightly automatically; the allowlist auto-applies accepted tags to new
+      recompute run nightly automatically; the allowlist auto-applies accepted
-      and existing images.
+      tags to new and existing images. Use the cards below to trigger a
+      one-off pass.
     </p>
     <div class="fc-maint__grid">
       <MLBackfillCard />
       <CentroidRecomputeCard />
+      <ThumbnailBackfillCard />
     </div>
     <MLThresholdSliders class="mt-4" />
     <AllowlistTable class="mt-4" />
     <AliasTable class="mt-4" />
-    <BrowserExtensionCard class="mt-6" />
+    <BackupCard class="mt-6" />
+    <!-- TagMaintenanceCard moved to Cleanup tab (v26.05.25.7) — it
+         operates on the existing library which fits the Cleanup-tab
+         theme, and clusters with the other audit cards. -->
     <LegacyMigrationCard class="mt-6" />
   </div>
 </template>
@@ -20,10 +25,11 @@
 <script setup>
 import MLBackfillCard from './MLBackfillCard.vue'
 import CentroidRecomputeCard from './CentroidRecomputeCard.vue'
+import ThumbnailBackfillCard from './ThumbnailBackfillCard.vue'
 import MLThresholdSliders from './MLThresholdSliders.vue'
 import AllowlistTable from './AllowlistTable.vue'
 import AliasTable from './AliasTable.vue'
-import BrowserExtensionCard from './BrowserExtensionCard.vue'
+import BackupCard from './BackupCard.vue'
 import LegacyMigrationCard from './LegacyMigrationCard.vue'
 </script>
 

frontend/src/components/settings/QueuesTable.vue

@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+<template>
+  <v-table density="compact" class="fc-queues-table">
+    <thead>
+      <tr>
+        <th>Queue</th>
+        <th class="text-right">Depth</th>
+        <th class="text-right">Workers</th>
+        <th v-if="!compact" class="text-right">Active</th>
+        <th class="text-right">Last min: ok / err</th>
+      </tr>
+    </thead>
+    <tbody>
+      <tr v-for="q in QUEUE_NAMES" :key="q">
+        <td>{{ q }}</td>
+        <td class="text-right fc-tabular" :class="depthClass(q)">
+          {{ formatDepth(q) }}
+        </td>
+        <td class="text-right fc-tabular">{{ workerCount(q) }}</td>
+        <td v-if="!compact" class="text-right fc-tabular">{{ activeCount(q) }}</td>
+        <td class="text-right fc-tabular">
+          <span class="fc-ok">{{ recentOk(q) }}</span>
+          <span class="fc-sep">/</span>
+          <span :class="recentErr(q) > 0 ? 'fc-err' : 'fc-muted'">
+            {{ recentErr(q) }}<span v-if="recentErr(q) > 0"> ⚠</span>
+          </span>
+        </td>
+      </tr>
+    </tbody>
+  </v-table>
+</template>
+
+<script setup>
+import { computed } from 'vue'
+
+const props = defineProps({
+  queues: { type: Object, default: null },     // store.queues
+  workers: { type: Object, default: null },    // store.workers
+  recentMinute: { type: Array, default: () => [] }, // store.recentMinute
+  compact: { type: Boolean, default: false },
+})
+
+const QUEUE_NAMES = [
+  'default', 'import', 'thumbnail', 'ml',
+  'download', 'scan', 'maintenance',
+]
+
+function formatDepth(name) {
+  const d = props.queues?.queues?.[name]
+  if (d == null) return '—'
+  return d.toLocaleString()
+}
+
+function depthClass(name) {
+  const d = props.queues?.queues?.[name]
+  const workers = workerCount(name)
+  // Queue has depth but no workers → warning.
+  if (d != null && d > 0 && workers === 0) return 'fc-warn'
+  return ''
+}
+
+function workerCount(name) {
+  if (!props.workers?.workers) return 0
+  let count = 0
+  for (const info of Object.values(props.workers.workers)) {
+    if (info.queues?.includes(name)) count++
+  }
+  return count
+}
+
+function activeCount(name) {
+  if (!props.workers?.workers) return 0
+  // Active count is per-worker, not per-queue. Approximate: sum of
+  // active_count across workers that subscribe to this queue.
+  let count = 0
+  for (const info of Object.values(props.workers.workers)) {
+    if (info.queues?.includes(name)) count += info.active_count || 0
+  }
+  return count
+}
+
+const recentByQueue = computed(() => {
+  const out = {}
+  for (const r of props.recentMinute) {
+    if (!out[r.queue]) out[r.queue] = { ok: 0, err: 0 }
+    if (r.status === 'ok') out[r.queue].ok++
+    else if (r.status === 'error' || r.status === 'timeout') out[r.queue].err++
+  }
+  return out
+})
+
+function recentOk(name) { return recentByQueue.value[name]?.ok || 0 }
+function recentErr(name) { return recentByQueue.value[name]?.err || 0 }
+</script>
+
+<style scoped>
+.fc-queues-table { background: transparent; }
+.fc-tabular {
+  font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
+  font-feature-settings: 'tnum';
+}
+.fc-ok { color: rgb(var(--v-theme-success, 76 175 80)); }
+.fc-err { color: rgb(var(--v-theme-error, 220 80 80)); }
+.fc-warn { color: rgb(var(--v-theme-warning, 255 179 0)); font-weight: 500; }
+.fc-muted { color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant)); }
+.fc-sep {
+  margin: 0 4px;
+  color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant));
+}
+</style>

frontend/src/components/settings/SystemActivitySummary.vue

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+<template>
+  <v-card class="fc-activity-summary">
+    <v-card-title class="d-flex align-center" style="gap: 10px;">
+      <v-icon icon="mdi-pulse" size="small" />
+      <span>System activity (last min)</span>
+      <v-spacer />
+      <v-btn
+        variant="text" size="small" rounded="pill"
+        @click="$emit('open-activity')"
+      >
+        View activity
+        <v-icon end size="small">mdi-arrow-right</v-icon>
+      </v-btn>
+    </v-card-title>
+
+    <v-card-text>
+      <v-alert
+        v-if="store.lastError"
+        type="warning" variant="tonal" density="compact" class="mb-3"
+      >
+        {{ store.lastError }}
+      </v-alert>
+
+      <QueuesTable
+        :queues="store.queues"
+        :workers="store.workers"
+        :recent-minute="store.recentMinute"
+        compact
+      />
+    </v-card-text>
+  </v-card>
+</template>
+
+<script setup>
+import { onMounted, onUnmounted } from 'vue'
+
+import { useSystemActivityStore } from '../../stores/systemActivity.js'
+import QueuesTable from './QueuesTable.vue'
+
+defineEmits(['open-activity'])
+
+const store = useSystemActivityStore()
+
+let pollId = null
+
+function pollOnce() {
+  if (document.hidden) return
+  store.loadQueues()
+  store.loadWorkers()
+  store.loadRecentMinute()
+}
+
+onMounted(() => {
+  pollOnce()
+  pollId = setInterval(pollOnce, 5000)
+})
+onUnmounted(() => {
+  if (pollId) { clearInterval(pollId); pollId = null }
+})
+</script>
+
+<style scoped>
+.fc-activity-summary { border-radius: 8px; }
+</style>

frontend/src/components/settings/SystemActivityTab.vue

@@ -0,0 +1,315 @@
+<template>
+  <div class="fc-activity">
+    <!-- Queues + workers pane -->
+    <v-card class="mb-4">
+      <v-card-title class="d-flex align-center" style="gap: 10px;">
+        <v-icon icon="mdi-pulse" size="small" />
+        <span>Queues + workers</span>
+        <v-spacer />
+        <span class="text-caption fc-muted">
+          updated {{ formatRelative(store.queues?.fetched_at) }}
+        </span>
+      </v-card-title>
+      <v-card-text>
+        <QueuesTable
+          :queues="store.queues"
+          :workers="store.workers"
+          :recent-minute="store.recentMinute"
+        />
+      </v-card-text>
+    </v-card>
+
+    <!-- Recent failures pane -->
+    <v-card class="mb-4">
+      <v-card-title class="d-flex align-center" style="gap: 10px;">
+        <v-icon icon="mdi-alert-circle-outline" size="small" />
+        <span>Recent failures (last 24h)</span>
+        <v-spacer />
+        <span class="text-caption fc-muted">
+          {{ failureCount }} failures
+        </span>
+      </v-card-title>
+      <v-card-text>
+        <div v-if="errorTypes.length" class="mb-3 fc-pills">
+          <v-chip
+            v-for="t in errorTypes" :key="t.name"
+            :color="t.name === filterErrorType ? 'accent' : undefined"
+            size="small" variant="tonal" closable
+            @click="toggleErrorTypeFilter(t.name)"
+            @click:close="toggleErrorTypeFilter(t.name)"
+          >
+            {{ t.name }} × {{ t.count }}
+          </v-chip>
+        </div>
+        <v-table density="compact">
+          <thead>
+            <tr>
+              <th>Time</th>
+              <th>Queue</th>
+              <th>Task</th>
+              <th>Target</th>
+              <th>Error</th>
+            </tr>
+          </thead>
+          <tbody>
+            <tr v-for="r in filteredFailures" :key="r.id">
+              <td class="fc-tabular" :title="r.finished_at">
+                {{ formatRelative(r.finished_at) }}
+              </td>
+              <td>{{ r.queue }}</td>
+              <td><code>{{ shortTaskName(r.task_name) }}</code></td>
+              <td class="fc-tabular">{{ r.target_id ?? '—' }}</td>
+              <td>
+                <button
+                  type="button" class="fc-err-link"
+                  @click="openError(r)"
+                  :title="'Click for full error'"
+                >{{ r.error_type }}</button>
+              </td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr v-if="!filteredFailures.length">
+              <td colspan="5" class="text-center fc-muted py-4">
+                No failures in the last 24h.
+              </td>
+            </tr>
+          </tbody>
+        </v-table>
+      </v-card-text>
+    </v-card>
+
+    <!-- All activity pane -->
+    <v-card>
+      <v-card-title class="d-flex align-center" style="gap: 10px;">
+        <v-icon icon="mdi-format-list-bulleted" size="small" />
+        <span>All recent activity</span>
+        <v-spacer />
+        <v-select
+          v-model="filterQueue"
+          :items="queueOptions" density="compact" hide-details
+          style="max-width: 180px;"
+          @update:model-value="onFilterChange"
+        />
+        <v-select
+          v-model="filterStatus"
+          :items="statusOptions" density="compact" hide-details
+          style="max-width: 180px;"
+          @update:model-value="onFilterChange"
+        />
+        <v-btn
+          variant="text" size="small" rounded="pill"
+          @click="onRefresh"
+        >
+          <v-icon start size="small">mdi-refresh</v-icon>
+          Refresh
+        </v-btn>
+      </v-card-title>
+      <v-card-text>
+        <v-table density="compact">
+          <thead>
+            <tr>
+              <th></th>
+              <th>Time</th>
+              <th>Queue</th>
+              <th>Task</th>
+              <th>Target</th>
+              <th class="text-right">Duration</th>
+              <th>Status</th>
+            </tr>
+          </thead>
+          <tbody>
+            <tr v-for="r in store.runs" :key="r.id">
+              <td><v-icon size="small" :color="statusColor(r.status)">{{ statusIcon(r.status) }}</v-icon></td>
+              <td class="fc-tabular" :title="r.started_at">{{ formatRelative(r.started_at) }}</td>
+              <td>{{ r.queue }}</td>
+              <td><code>{{ shortTaskName(r.task_name) }}</code></td>
+              <td class="fc-tabular">{{ r.target_id ?? '—' }}</td>
+              <td class="text-right fc-tabular">{{ formatDuration(r.duration_ms) }}</td>
+              <td>{{ r.status }}</td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr v-if="!store.runs.length && !store.loading.runs">
+              <td colspan="7" class="text-center fc-muted py-4">
+                No activity yet.
+              </td>
+            </tr>
+          </tbody>
+        </v-table>
+        <div v-if="store.runsHasMore" class="d-flex justify-center py-3">
+          <v-btn
+            variant="text" size="small"
+            :loading="store.loading.runs"
+            @click="onLoadMore"
+          >Load more</v-btn>
+        </div>
+      </v-card-text>
+    </v-card>
+
+    <ErrorDetailModal
+      v-model="showErrorModal"
+      :row="errorModalRow"
+    />
+  </div>
+</template>
+
+<script setup>
+import { computed, onMounted, onUnmounted, ref } from 'vue'
+
+import { useSystemActivityStore } from '../../stores/systemActivity.js'
+import ErrorDetailModal from '../common/ErrorDetailModal.vue'
+import QueuesTable from './QueuesTable.vue'
+
+// Click-to-open modal for full error text. Replaces the unusable
+// :title="..." tooltip (operator-flagged 2026-05-26: SQLAlchemy
+// rollback + traceback content rendered as a cramped browser tooltip
+// you couldn't copy from or scroll within).
+const showErrorModal = ref(false)
+const errorModalRow = ref(null)
+
+function openError(row) {
+  errorModalRow.value = row
+  showErrorModal.value = true
+}
+
+const store = useSystemActivityStore()
+
+const filterQueue = ref(null)
+const filterStatus = ref(null)
+const filterErrorType = ref(null)
+
+const queueOptions = [
+  { title: 'All queues', value: null },
+  { title: 'import', value: 'import' },
+  { title: 'thumbnail', value: 'thumbnail' },
+  { title: 'ml', value: 'ml' },
+  { title: 'download', value: 'download' },
+  { title: 'scan', value: 'scan' },
+  { title: 'maintenance', value: 'maintenance' },
+  { title: 'default', value: 'default' },
+]
+const statusOptions = [
+  { title: 'All statuses', value: null },
+  { title: 'Running', value: 'running' },
+  { title: 'OK', value: 'ok' },
+  { title: 'Error', value: 'error' },
+  { title: 'Timeout', value: 'timeout' },
+  { title: 'Retry', value: 'retry' },
+]
+
+let queuesPollId = null
+let failuresPollId = null
+
+function pollQueues() {
+  if (document.hidden) return
+  store.loadQueues()
+  store.loadWorkers()
+  store.loadRecentMinute()
+}
+function pollFailures() {
+  if (document.hidden) return
+  store.loadFailures()
+}
+
+onMounted(() => {
+  pollQueues()
+  pollFailures()
+  store.setFilter({ queue: null, status: null })
+  store.loadRuns({ reset: true })
+  queuesPollId = setInterval(pollQueues, 3000)
+  failuresPollId = setInterval(pollFailures, 15000)
+})
+onUnmounted(() => {
+  if (queuesPollId) clearInterval(queuesPollId)
+  if (failuresPollId) clearInterval(failuresPollId)
+})
+
+const errorTypes = computed(() => {
+  const counts = store.failures?.count_by_type || {}
+  return Object.entries(counts).map(([name, count]) => ({ name, count }))
+})
+
+const failureCount = computed(() => (store.failures?.recent || []).length)
+
+const filteredFailures = computed(() => {
+  const all = store.failures?.recent || []
+  if (!filterErrorType.value) return all
+  return all.filter(r => r.error_type === filterErrorType.value)
+})
+
+function toggleErrorTypeFilter(name) {
+  filterErrorType.value = filterErrorType.value === name ? null : name
+  if (filterErrorType.value) {
+    // Mirror into the All-activity table too.
+    filterStatus.value = 'error'
+    onFilterChange()
+  }
+}
+
+function onFilterChange() {
+  store.setFilter({ queue: filterQueue.value, status: filterStatus.value })
+  store.loadRuns({ reset: true })
+}
+function onLoadMore() { store.loadRuns({ reset: false }) }
+function onRefresh() { store.loadRuns({ reset: true }) }
+
+function statusIcon(status) {
+  return {
+    ok: 'mdi-check-circle',
+    error: 'mdi-close-circle',
+    timeout: 'mdi-clock-alert',
+    retry: 'mdi-refresh',
+    running: 'mdi-timer-sand',
+  }[status] || 'mdi-help-circle'
+}
+function statusColor(status) {
+  return {
+    ok: 'success', error: 'error', timeout: 'warning',
+    retry: 'info', running: 'accent',
+  }[status] || 'on-surface-variant'
+}
+function shortTaskName(name) {
+  if (!name) return ''
+  const parts = name.split('.')
+  return parts.slice(-1)[0]
+}
+function formatDuration(ms) {
+  if (ms == null) return '—'
+  if (ms < 1000) return `${ms} ms`
+  if (ms < 60_000) return `${(ms / 1000).toFixed(1)} s`
+  return `${(ms / 60_000).toFixed(1)} min`
+}
+function formatRelative(iso) {
+  if (!iso) return '—'
+  const then = new Date(iso).getTime()
+  const now = Date.now()
+  const diff = Math.max(0, (now - then) / 1000)
+  if (diff < 60) return `${Math.floor(diff)}s ago`
+  if (diff < 3600) return `${Math.floor(diff / 60)}m ago`
+  if (diff < 86400) return `${Math.floor(diff / 3600)}h ago`
+  return `${Math.floor(diff / 86400)}d ago`
+}
+</script>
+
+<style scoped>
+.fc-activity { padding: 0; }
+.fc-pills {
+  display: flex; gap: 6px; flex-wrap: wrap;
+}
+.fc-tabular {
+  font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
+  font-feature-settings: 'tnum';
+}
+.fc-err { color: rgb(var(--v-theme-error, 220 80 80)); }
+.fc-err-link {
+  /* Styled as a text-only button so the error_type cell stays
+     visually identical to the prior tooltip-bearing row, but is
+     now a real clickable target with hover affordance. */
+  color: rgb(var(--v-theme-error, 220 80 80));
+  background: transparent;
+  border: 0;
+  padding: 0;
+  font: inherit;
+  text-decoration: underline dotted;
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+.fc-err-link:hover { text-decoration: underline; }
+.fc-muted { color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant)); }
+</style>

frontend/src/components/settings/TagMaintenanceCard.vue

@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+<template>
+  <v-card class="fc-tag-maint">
+    <v-card-title class="d-flex align-center" style="gap: 10px;">
+      <v-icon icon="mdi-tag-remove" size="small" />
+      <span>Tag maintenance</span>
+    </v-card-title>
+    <v-card-text>
+      <p class="fc-muted text-body-2 mb-4">
+        Remove tags with zero image associations and zero series-page
+        references. Auto-created tag rows that never got applied get
+        swept here.
+      </p>
+
+      <v-alert
+        v-if="store.lastError"
+        type="warning" variant="tonal" density="compact" class="mb-3"
+      >{{ store.lastError }}</v-alert>
+
+      <v-btn
+        color="accent" variant="flat" rounded="pill"
+        prepend-icon="mdi-magnify"
+        :loading="loadingPreview"
+        class="mb-3"
+        @click="onPreview"
+      >Preview unused tags</v-btn>
+
+      <div v-if="preview">
+        <p class="text-body-2 mb-2">
+          <strong>{{ preview.count }}</strong> unused tag(s).
+          <span v-if="preview.count > 50" class="fc-muted">
+            Showing first 50 names.
+          </span>
+        </p>
+        <div v-if="preview.sample_names?.length" class="fc-name-grid mb-3">
+          <span v-for="n in preview.sample_names" :key="n" class="fc-name">
+            {{ n }}
+          </span>
+        </div>
+        <v-btn
+          color="error" variant="flat" rounded="pill"
+          prepend-icon="mdi-delete-sweep"
+          :disabled="!preview.count"
+          :loading="committing"
+          @click="onCommit"
+        >Delete {{ preview.count }} unused tag(s)</v-btn>
+      </div>
+    </v-card-text>
+  </v-card>
+</template>
+
+<script setup>
+import { ref } from 'vue'
+
+import { useAdminStore } from '../../stores/admin.js'
+
+const store = useAdminStore()
+const preview = ref(null)
+const loadingPreview = ref(false)
+const committing = ref(false)
+
+async function onPreview() {
+  loadingPreview.value = true
+  try {
+    preview.value = await store.pruneUnusedTags({ dryRun: true })
+  } finally {
+    loadingPreview.value = false
+  }
+}
+
+async function onCommit() {
+  committing.value = true
+  try {
+    const result = await store.pruneUnusedTags({ dryRun: false })
+    preview.value = { count: 0, sample_names: result.sample_names || [] }
+  } finally {
+    committing.value = false
+  }
+}
+</script>
+
+<style scoped>
+.fc-tag-maint { border-radius: 8px; }
+.fc-muted { color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant)); }
+.fc-name-grid {
+  display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 4px 8px;
+  max-height: 200px; overflow-y: auto;
+  padding: 8px; border-radius: 4px;
+  background: rgb(var(--v-theme-surface-light));
+}
+.fc-name {
+  font-family: 'JetBrains Mono', monospace;
+  font-size: 12px;
+  color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant));
+}
+</style>

frontend/src/components/settings/ThumbnailBackfillCard.vue

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<template>
+  <v-card>
+    <v-card-title>Thumbnail backfill</v-card-title>
+    <v-card-text>
+      <p class="text-body-2 mb-3">
+        Scan the library for images with no thumbnail, or whose thumbnail file
+        is missing or corrupt on disk. Repair candidates are re-enqueued for
+        thumbnail generation. Safe to re-run.
+      </p>
+      <v-btn color="primary" rounded="pill" :loading="busy" @click="run">
+        <v-icon start>mdi-image-refresh</v-icon> Run backfill now
+      </v-btn>
+      <span v-if="done" class="ml-3 text-caption">Enqueued.</span>
+    </v-card-text>
+  </v-card>
+</template>
+
+<script setup>
+import { ref } from 'vue'
+import { useThumbnailsStore } from '../../stores/thumbnails.js'
+const store = useThumbnailsStore()
+const busy = ref(false)
+const done = ref(false)
+async function run () {
+  busy.value = true
+  try { await store.triggerBackfill(); done.value = true }
+  catch (e) { window.__fcToast?.({ text: e.message, type: 'error' }) }
+  finally { busy.value = false }
+}
+</script>

frontend/src/stores/admin.js

@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+import { defineStore } from 'pinia'
+import { ref } from 'vue'
+
+import { useApi } from '../composables/useApi.js'
+
+export const useAdminStore = defineStore('admin', () => {
+  const api = useApi()
+  const lastError = ref(null)
+
+  // --- Tier-C: artist cascade ---------------------------------------
+
+  async function projectArtistCascade(slug) {
+    lastError.value = null
+    try {
+      return await api.post(
+        `/api/admin/artists/${encodeURIComponent(slug)}/cascade-delete`,
+        { body: { dry_run: true } },
+      )
+    } catch (e) {
+      lastError.value = e.message
+      throw e
+    }
+  }
+
+  async function dispatchArtistCascade(slug, confirm) {
+    lastError.value = null
+    try {
+      return await api.post(
+        `/api/admin/artists/${encodeURIComponent(slug)}/cascade-delete`,
+        { body: { dry_run: false, confirm } },
+      )
+    } catch (e) {
+      lastError.value = e.message
+      throw e
+    }
+  }
+
+  // --- Tier-C: bulk image delete ------------------------------------
+
+  async function projectBulkImageDelete(imageIds) {
+    lastError.value = null
+    try {
+      return await api.post(
+        '/api/admin/images/bulk-delete',
+        { body: { image_ids: imageIds, dry_run: true } },
+      )
+    } catch (e) {
+      lastError.value = e.message
+      throw e
+    }
+  }
+
+  async function dispatchBulkImageDelete(imageIds, confirm) {
+    lastError.value = null
+    try {
+      return await api.post(
+        '/api/admin/images/bulk-delete',
+        { body: { image_ids: imageIds, dry_run: false, confirm } },
+      )
+    } catch (e) {
+      lastError.value = e.message
+      throw e
+    }
+  }
+
+  // --- Tier-B: tag delete + merge -----------------------------------
+
+  async function deleteTag(tagId) {
+    lastError.value = null
+    try {
+      return await api.delete(`/api/admin/tags/${tagId}`)
+    } catch (e) {
+      lastError.value = e.message
+      throw e
+    }
+  }
+
+  async function mergeTags(destId, sourceId) {
+    lastError.value = null
+    try {
+      return await api.post(
+        `/api/admin/tags/${destId}/merge`,
+        { body: { source_id: sourceId } },
+      )
+    } catch (e) {
+      lastError.value = e.message
+      throw e
+    }
+  }
+
+  async function tagUsageCount(tagId) {
+    lastError.value = null
+    try {
+      const body = await api.get(`/api/admin/tags/${tagId}/usage-count`)
+      return body.count
+    } catch (e) {
+      lastError.value = e.message
+      throw e
+    }
+  }
+
+  // --- Tier-A: prune unused -----------------------------------------
+
+  async function pruneUnusedTags({ dryRun = true } = {}) {
+    lastError.value = null
+    try {
+      return await api.post(
+        '/api/admin/tags/prune-unused',
+        { body: { dry_run: dryRun } },
+      )
+    } catch (e) {
+      lastError.value = e.message
+      throw e
+    }
+  }
+
+  // --- Task progress polling (taps FC-3i activity dashboard) --------
+
+  /**
+   * Polls /api/system/activity/runs?queue=maintenance every 3s,
+   * resolves when a task_run row with the given celery task_id
+   * reaches a terminal status (ok / error / timeout). Returns the
+   * row. Times out after 30 min by default.
+   */
+  async function pollTaskUntilDone(taskId, { timeoutMs = 1_800_000 } = {}) {
+    const deadline = Date.now() + timeoutMs
+    while (Date.now() < deadline) {
+      const body = await api.get(
+        '/api/system/activity/runs',
+        { params: { queue: 'maintenance', limit: 20 } },
+      )
+      const row = (body.runs || []).find(r => r.celery_task_id === taskId)
+      if (row && ['ok', 'error', 'timeout'].includes(row.status)) {
+        return row
+      }
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 3000))
+    }
+    throw new Error(`task ${taskId} did not finish within ${timeoutMs}ms`)
+  }
+
+  return {
+    lastError,
+    projectArtistCascade,
+    dispatchArtistCascade,
+    projectBulkImageDelete,
+    dispatchBulkImageDelete,
+    deleteTag,
+    mergeTags,
+    tagUsageCount,
+    pruneUnusedTags,
+    pollTaskUntilDone,
+  }
+})

frontend/src/stores/artist.js

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { defineStore } from 'pinia'
 import { ref, computed } from 'vue'
 import { useApi } from '../composables/useApi.js'
+import { usePostsStore } from './posts.js'
 
 const PAGE = 60
 
@@ -15,7 +16,11 @@ export const useArtistStore = defineStore('artist', () => {
   const notFound = ref(false)
   let started = false
 
-  async function load(slug) {
+  async function load (slug) {
+    // Cross-artist reset: clear this store AND the posts store so the new
+    // artist doesn't briefly render with the previous artist's content
+    // when the user is on the Posts tab. (Gallery tab uses this artist
+    // store's own images list — cleared above.)
     overview.value = null
     images.value = []
     nextCursor.value = null
@@ -23,6 +28,7 @@ export const useArtistStore = defineStore('artist', () => {
     started = false
     error.value = null
     loading.value = true
+    usePostsStore().$reset?.()
     try {
       overview.value = await api.get(`/api/artist/${encodeURIComponent(slug)}`)
       await loadMoreImages(slug)
@@ -34,7 +40,7 @@ export const useArtistStore = defineStore('artist', () => {
     }
   }
 
-  async function loadMoreImages(slug) {
+  async function loadMoreImages (slug) {
     if (imagesLoading.value) return
     if (started && nextCursor.value === null) return
     imagesLoading.value = true
@@ -55,9 +61,13 @@ export const useArtistStore = defineStore('artist', () => {
   }
 
   const hasMoreImages = computed(() => !started || nextCursor.value !== null)
+  const postCount = computed(() => overview.value?.post_count ?? null)
+  const imageCount = computed(() => overview.value?.image_count ?? null)
+  const lastAdded = computed(() => overview.value?.date_range?.max ?? null)
 
   return {
     overview, images, loading, imagesLoading, error, notFound,
-    hasMoreImages, load, loadMoreImages
+    hasMoreImages, postCount, imageCount, lastAdded,
+    load, loadMoreImages,
   }
 })

frontend/src/stores/backup.js

@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+import { defineStore } from 'pinia'
+import { ref } from 'vue'
+
+import { useApi } from '../composables/useApi.js'
+
+export const useBackupStore = defineStore('backup', () => {
+  const api = useApi()
+
+  const dbRuns = ref([])
+  const imagesRuns = ref([])
+  const settings = ref(null)
+  const loading = ref({ dbRuns: false, imagesRuns: false, settings: false })
+  const lastError = ref(null)
+
+  async function loadRuns(kind) {
+    const targetRef = kind === 'db' ? dbRuns : imagesRuns
+    const loadingKey = kind === 'db' ? 'dbRuns' : 'imagesRuns'
+    loading.value[loadingKey] = true
+    lastError.value = null
+    try {
+      const body = await api.get('/api/system/backup/runs', {
+        params: { kind, limit: 50 },
+      })
+      targetRef.value = body.runs || []
+    } catch (e) {
+      lastError.value = e.message
+    } finally {
+      loading.value[loadingKey] = false
+    }
+  }
+
+  async function triggerBackup(kind, tag = null) {
+    lastError.value = null
+    try {
+      await api.post(`/api/system/backup/${kind}`, {
+        body: tag ? { tag } : {},
+      })
+    } catch (e) {
+      lastError.value = e.message
+      throw e
+    }
+  }
+
+  async function restore(runId, confirm) {
+    lastError.value = null
+    try {
+      await api.post(`/api/system/backup/runs/${runId}/restore`, {
+        body: { confirm },
+      })
+    } catch (e) {
+      lastError.value = e.message
+      throw e
+    }
+  }
+
+  async function deleteRun(runId, confirm) {
+    lastError.value = null
+    try {
+      await api.delete(`/api/system/backup/runs/${runId}`, {
+        body: { confirm },
+      })
+    } catch (e) {
+      lastError.value = e.message
+      throw e
+    }
+  }
+
+  async function setTag(runId, tag) {
+    lastError.value = null
+    try {
+      await api.patch(`/api/system/backup/runs/${runId}`, {
+        body: { tag },
+      })
+    } catch (e) {
+      lastError.value = e.message
+      throw e
+    }
+  }
+
+  async function loadSettings() {
+    loading.value.settings = true
+    lastError.value = null
+    try {
+      settings.value = await api.get('/api/system/backup/settings')
+    } catch (e) {
+      lastError.value = e.message
+    } finally {
+      loading.value.settings = false
+    }
+  }
+
+  async function patchSettings(patch) {
+    lastError.value = null
+    try {
+      settings.value = await api.patch('/api/system/backup/settings', {
+        body: patch,
+      })
+    } catch (e) {
+      lastError.value = e.message
+      throw e
+    }
+  }
+
+  return {
+    dbRuns, imagesRuns, settings, loading, lastError,
+    loadRuns, triggerBackup, restore, deleteRun, setTag,
+    loadSettings, patchSettings,
+  }
+})

frontend/src/stores/cleanup.js

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+import { defineStore } from 'pinia'
+import { ref } from 'vue'
+import { useApi } from '../composables/useApi.js'
+
+export const useCleanupStore = defineStore('cleanup', () => {
+  const api = useApi()
+
+  // Defaults sourced from ImportSettings on mount. Cards pre-fill from
+  // these so the common case ("apply current import filters
+  // retroactively") is one click; operator can override per-audit.
+  const defaults = ref({
+    min_width: 0,
+    min_height: 0,
+    transparency_threshold: 0.9,
+    single_color_threshold: 0.95,
+    single_color_tolerance: 30,
+  })
+
+  const recentRuns = ref([])
+
+  async function loadDefaults() {
+    const s = await api.get('/api/settings/import')
+    defaults.value = {
+      min_width: s.min_width ?? 0,
+      min_height: s.min_height ?? 0,
+      transparency_threshold: s.transparency_threshold ?? 0.9,
+      single_color_threshold: s.single_color_threshold ?? 0.95,
+      single_color_tolerance: s.single_color_tolerance ?? 30,
+    }
+  }
+
+  async function previewMinDim(min_width, min_height) {
+    return await api.post('/api/cleanup/min-dimension/preview', {
+      body: { min_width, min_height },
+    })
+  }
+
+  async function deleteMinDim(min_width, min_height, confirm) {
+    return await api.post('/api/cleanup/min-dimension/delete', {
+      body: { min_width, min_height, confirm },
+    })
+  }
+
+  async function startAudit(rule, params) {
+    return await api.post('/api/cleanup/audit', { body: { rule, params } })
+  }
+
+  async function getAudit(id) {
+    return await api.get(`/api/cleanup/audit/${id}`)
+  }
+
+  async function loadHistory(limit = 20) {
+    const body = await api.get(`/api/cleanup/audit?limit=${limit}`)
+    recentRuns.value = body.runs
+    return body.runs
+  }
+
+  async function applyAudit(id, confirm) {
+    return await api.post(`/api/cleanup/audit/${id}/apply`, { body: { confirm } })
+  }
+
+  async function cancelAudit(id) {
+    return await api.post(`/api/cleanup/audit/${id}/cancel`)
+  }
+
+  return {
+    defaults, recentRuns,
+    loadDefaults,
+    previewMinDim, deleteMinDim,
+    startAudit, getAudit, loadHistory, applyAudit, cancelAudit,
+  }
+})